Larry Ellison is the world’s richest person for a brief period.

拉里·埃里森曾短时间内在世界富豪排行榜上名列首位。

Business Matters

2025-09-11

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US tech billionaire Larry Ellison briefly becomes the world’s richest person after shares in his business Oracle soar in early trading on the New York Stock Exchange. We examine how he has built his business empire which is valued at $393bn. We are in Mexico City to hear about protests about the increasing numbers of outsiders coming in and pushing up things like house prices , and the impact this having on local residents. We hear about some of the challenges facing Gen Z, those born in the late 1990’s and early 2000s as they head into the world of work. Presenter Roger Hearing talks to Washington based journalist Rema Rahman from the website The Hill , and Rintaro Nishimura Associate at the Asia Group in Tokyo about these and some of the other major business stories from around the globe.
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  • This BBC podcast is supported by ads outside the UK.

  • And welcome to Business Matters.

  • I'm Roger Hearing.

  • On the program today, the assassination of a leading right-wing influencer at a U.S. university.

  • Aleep in the shares of Oracle makes its co-founder, briefly, the world's richest man.

  • Plus, what gentrification is doing to parts of Mexico City?

  • The first apartment I rented here cost around 4,000 pesos a month in 2007.

  • And today, that same apartment costs more than 10 times as much.

  • The buy now pay later firm, Klana, finally launches on Wall Street.

  • The Russian super yacht being auctioned by the US government.

  • And why are young people complaining of burnout in the first years of their working lives?

  • And I'll be joined throughout the program by two guests on opposite sides of the world,

  • Rinto Nishimura, associate at the Asia Group, who's joining us on the line from Tokyo.

  • Rinto, a very good morning to you.

  • Good morning.

  • Thank you for having me.

  • Good to have you there.

  • And across the other side of the world, Reema Rahman,

  • White House and legal affairs editor for The Hill in Washington.

  • So Reema, very good evening to you.