What the Oracle Didn’t Foresee In 1991, when Oracle C. Lee appealed to Ellison for another chance and a ride in his Ferrari; when they began dating, she more boldly asked him, on company e-mail, for things like a “loan for 0,000” and an Acura NSX.

Where once walled gardens stood in the midst of deserts, today the capital of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with its 4.6 million inhabitants flourishes: Riyadh, "the gardens".