AI hype has just shaken up the world’s rich list. What if the boom is really a bubble?
- Written by Angel Zhong, Professor of Finance, RMIT University
Just for a moment this week, Larry Ellison, co-founder of US cloud computing company Oracle, became the world’s richest person. The octogenarian tech titan briefly overtook Elon Musk after Oracle’s share price rocketed 43% in a day, adding about US$100 billion (A$150 billion) to his wealth.
The reason? Oracle inked a deal to provide...