There is a reason that Oracle CEO Larry Ellison has decided to pay former HP CEO Mark Hurd $950,000 and up to a $10 million bonus. It’s called money in the bank. Hurd is highly regarded within the rough and tumble technology business for his success taking HP from a struggling tech giant chasing the likes of Dell and IBM to the undisputed number one IT company in the world. Here are five reasons that Ellison's $11 million-plus bet on Hurd will pay off for Oracle.
