Larry Ellison is Making Death Optional // Hold my Beer #22
Larry Ellison’s has a philosophy… “It’s not enough to win; all others must lose.” Savage. Not exactly an “abundance” mindset—but clearly, it’s working for him. And at 80 years old, Ellison is still playing to win, and not just in business. His latest competition? Death itself. And, naturally, he seems to be crushing that, too.
Ellison has donated over $350 million to research on aging and age-related diseases. He’s applied the same “addiction to winning” that built his $456 billion enterprise software company to his personal health. Known to sip carrot juice, drink green tea, and log hours in the gym, Ellison looks like he’s already cracked the code. Even anti-aging fanatic Bryan Johnson—who spends $2 million a year trying to rewind his biological clock—recently said, “Ellison, now 80, is doing a good job managing biological aging.”
It makes you wonder: Is Ellison out here with the biological age of 19, bench-pressing CEOs half his age and sipping his victory brew from a kale smoothie? For Ellison, the fight against mortality has been deeply personal. His biological mother left when he was a child, and his adoptive mother passed from cancer while he was in college. As he told biographer Mike Wilson: “Death has never made any sense to me. How can a person be there and then just vanish, just not be there?”
And while Ellison is waging war against time, he’s not just focused on himself. Whether it’s transforming competitive sailing with the Oracle America’s Cup racing team or funding Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover, his vision extends far beyond the mirror. Love him or hate him, (I have not as yet acquired a taste) Larry Ellison’s impact is undeniable. He’s a visionary, a provocateur, and an icon who’s made a career out of rewriting the rules. And now? He’s taking on the ultimate challenge: making death optional.
Redefining tech? Check. Revolutionizing the seas? Check. Defying mortality? Hold his beer—or, in this case, his carrot juice.

