On Monday, when Mr. Hurd's appointment was announced, Oracle co-president Charles Phillips announced his departure from the Redwood Shores, Calif.

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By mid-2003 Charles Phillips had quit Morgan Stanley to run sales, cozying up to customers in the "I'm listening" role that Ellison avoids.

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The latest move by Larry Ellison, taking in Hewlett-Packard cast-off Mark Hurd, and surely nudging out co-president Charles Phillips is already proving brilliant.

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Gawker broke the story yesterday of the infidelity of Charles Phillips, an executive at software company Oracle and an Obama-appointed member of the Economic Recovery Advisory Board.

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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.

FORBES: Redundancy In Oracle's Upper Ranks

Oracle President Charles Phillips, who grew to know Hukku over eight months of meal conversations, says the acquisition is a strategic step to build strength in vertical markets in the ongoing war with archrival SAP of Germany.

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At Oracle's (nasdaq: ORCL - news - people ) AppsWorld conference in San Diego this week, Oracle President Charles Phillips introduced a series of products and strategies designed to grow revenue from customers of all sizes who don't want to dump the pricey software they already own in favor of a big, complex Oracle package.

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