so I'm out on a date in Palo Alto and we decide to stop by a Hobbee's restaurant close to the Stanford campus at around 2pm. The restaurant is mostly empty but I look over two tables and I see a guy who really has a striking resemblance to Larry Ellison, the head of Oracle Corp. and one of the top 5 richest men in the world. he's sitting alone at a corner table, reading the newspaper.



So I lean over and say, "Excuse me sir. I hope you don't mind my saying, but you have striking resemblance to Larry Ellison."

He looks over, pauses for just a moment and says, "Yeah. I get that sometimes. Uh, don't know what to think of that."

So I say, "Yeah, I'm sure you get that all the time. Well, I'm sure you're a lot nicer than Mr. Ellison anyway." Then turn away and get back to my date.

My date is like, "Who is Larry Ellison?"

And I say, "Well, he's the head of Oracle Corp. Worth a few billion dollars. Has a rep for being kind of a jerk tho."

So we go back to minding our own business, and the more I glance over, the more convinced I am that this guy is really IS Larry Ellison. I mean, he's got a very unique look, and this guy has the exact same look.

I wanted to approach him again later, and more quietly ask him if in fact he really was Mr. Ellison, but he left before we did. I didn't see what car he drove either. Didn't leave that big a tip from what I saw.

I'm about 70% sure it was him. Kinda funny tho that I that I tried to reassure him that I meant no offense at saying he looked like Larry.

 

lol

 

that was probably him

 

isn't there an Oracle corporate location off of 101, right near Palo Alto?

lol.

 

Well, he is the one with the Mclaren F1 in the bay area so if you ever see that with a "oracle8" plate, then you know it's him.. I nearly crapped myself when I saw that car in Sunnyvale..

 

its gotta be him.

 

Close: Approximately 15 miles north in Redwood Shores (Redwood City). I grew up about 4 miles from there.

 

Oracle8? What is he, from Hong Kong? I thought only the Chinese (and mostly those who are Cantonese speaking) would use things like 168, 98, 89, or stuff that has to do with 8 and 9.

 

probably his 8th favorite car (of 100).