And if anyone had listened to the conscientious number-cruncher in 2001 when she played despised Cassandra, voicing omens of potential financial doom, well, history could've turned out differently for the collapsed energy trader.

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Alongside Ellison, the unbridled billionaire, there is co-president Safra Catz, the steely number-cruncher and strategizer, and Charles Phillips, the former Marine Captain who spent most of his time on the road talking to customers.

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He is generally considered low-keyed and cool, a number cruncher but also a committed, unflagging philosophical liberal.

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