Larry Ellison

Woodside (California), Jan. 14 (AP): Larry Ellison, CEO of Oracle and one of the world’s wealthiest men, married his fiancee of eight years, novelist Melanie Craft, over the winter holidays.

The wedding was the first for Craft, 34, and the fourth for Ellison, 59.

The ceremony, held on December 18 at Ellison’s 45-acre Japanese-style compound in Woodside, was attended by friends and relatives, including Ellison’s best friend Apple Computer co-founder Steve Jobs, and Ellison’s children. Ellison has a 17-year-old daughter and a 21-year-old son from a previous marriage. Craft is the author of two novels, A Hard-Hearted Man and Trust Me.