A plugged-in reader notes that Steve Jobs, who drives a silver Mercedes CL500, is not the only Valley tycoon with a liking for that finish on his cars. The Apple founder's best mogul buddy, Oracle's Larry Ellison, also tools around in a silver car. But Ellison — who has three Japanese-style villas and three mega-yachts — always buys in bulk. Like Jobs, one of the few men whose taste Ellison respects, the software billionaire has a silver Mercedes, an SUV — as well as a silver BMW, a silver Ferrari, and a silver Bentley, though we're not sure whether he bought a replacement for the one he sold last year to Netsuite's Zach Nelson. Design repeats itself, first as the Steve Jobs' pure vision, then in the excess of Larry Ellison.
Larry Ellison never knows when to stop
A plugged-in reader notes that Steve Jobs, who drives a silver Mercedes CL500, is not the only Valley tycoon with a liking for that finish on his cars. The Apple founder's best mogul buddy, Oracle's Larry Ellison, also tools around in a silver car. But Ellison — who has three Japanese-style villas and three mega-yachts — always buys in bulk. Like Jobs, one of the few men whose taste Ellison respects, the software billionaire has a silver Mercedes, an SUV — as well as a silver BMW, a silver Ferrari, and a silver Bentley, though we're not sure whether he bought a replacement for the one he sold last year to Netsuite's Zach Nelson. Design repeats itself, first as the Steve Jobs' pure vision, then in the excess of Larry Ellison.
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