Fortune 500 rank: 96
2010 profit: $6.1 billion
Last year proved eventful for Oracle, with the hiring of former HP CEO Mark Hurd as President and the $7.4 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems, but CEO Larry Ellison's always-aggressive growth strategy continues paying off with record profits.
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Last updated May 05 2011: 2:53 PM ET