Bob Miner

ABOUT BOB MINER

Co-founder of the technology firm Oracle who led the design of its database management system.

He was a graduate of the University of Illinois, earning bachelor's degrees in Math and Philosophy.

He was the chief engineer in Oracle's early days, creating most of the Oracle Version 3 program himself.

He grew up in Cicero, Illinois, the son of two Iranian immigrants.

He met his future partner and Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison at another tech company, Ampex.