Oracle's head of cloud left after butting heads with Larry Ellison, source says (ORCL)

A source tells Business Insider that 22-year Oracle veteran Thomas Kurian has butted heads with his boss, founder, CTO and executive chairman Larry Ellison. Bloomberg reports that the issue concerns Oracle's strategy on its cloud computing. Kurian may have been advocating for a cloud strategy that is as risky as it is wise. Last week, the Oracle eco-system was surprised to learn that Thomas Kurian, one of Oracle's longest serving executives in charge of Oracle's all-important cloud...