Melanie Craft: Who Is Larry Ellison’s Fourth Wife?

Melanie Craft is a writer and the former wife of American billionaire business magnate and investor Larry Ellison. Melanie’s ex-husband Larry Ellison is known to be one of the world’s wealthiest people. He is the co-founder of Oracle Corporation, which used to be Software Development Laboratories (SDL) and Relational Software, Inc (RSI). Larry made a brief cameo appearance in Iron Man 2.

Melanie Craft: Bio Summary

How Old Is Melanie Craft?

Melanie Craft was born in the year 1969 on January 1, per a source. As of 2023, she is 54 years old. She was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States to her parents whose names are unknown at the moment. She is the daughter of a university professor. She is not her parent’s only child. She has a sibling called Kira Craft, who is reportedly a fashion designer.

There isn’t much information about Melanie Craft’s family available on the internet. Not much is known about her upbringing and life as a child. Melanie enrolled in Oberlin College. She majored in anthropology at Oberlin College. She studied archaeology at American University in Cairo and lived in Kenya for a year.

Melanie Craft Is An Author

Before becoming the author she is today, Melanie Craft did odd jobs including working as a bartender, house cleaner, car driver, and working in a bakery. She was also a staff at Deer Valley YMCA Camp, Pennsylvania, USA. Melanie then launched her career as an author.

Melanie Craft is a very talented writer. She has written many novels and is known as a romance novelist. She is the writer of the novel titled ‘A Hard-Hearted Man’. It tells the love story of a less fortunate woman and a wealthy businessman. It was published in 1998. She also wrote ‘Trust Me’.

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‘Trust Me’, is a story of a veterinarian who gets involved in trouble after an odd millionaire leaves his entire fortune to her. Melanie Craft is the writer of ‘Man Trouble’, a story about a history teacher who moonlights as a novelist and wants to hide her real identity from the world.

Melanie Craft Is The Fourth Wife Of Larry Ellison

Melanie Craft used to be married to Larry Ellison but not anymore. They got married after Larry had gone through three failed marriages. Larry and his first wife Adda Quinn divorced after being married for seven years. They were husband and wife from 1967 to 1974.

Larry married his second wife Nancy Wheeler Jenkins from 1977 to 1978. His third wife is Barbara Boothe, who was a former receptionist at Relational Software Inc. (RSI). Larry and Barbara were married from 1983 to 1986. It was after he divorced his third wife Barbara that he married Melanie.

Melanie Craft and Larry Ellison met in a restaurant in San Francisco. After dating and getting to know each other, they agreed to get married. Melanie became Larry’s wife number four after they got married on December 18, 2003, at Larry’s Woodside estate. Their wedding was attended by close friends and family.

Steve Jobs, former CEO and co-founder of Apple Inc., who is also a friend of Larry Ellison was the official wedding photographer. The couple reportedly enjoyed their honeymoon in the Caribbean at the Grenadine Islands and Mustique aboard Katana, one of Larry Ellison’s two yachts.

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Larry’s two children, David Ellison and Megan Ellison became Melanie’s stepchildren. David and Megan were born from Larry’s marriage to Barbara Boothe. David Ellison is a film producer, actor, and founder and CEO of Skydance Media while Megan Ellison is a film producer, entrepreneur, and founder of Annapurna Pictures.

Unfortunately, Melanie Craft and Larry Ellison’s marriage ended after 6-7 years. They got divorced on September 28, 2010. Melanie was engaged to Todd before marrying Larry Ellison. After her divorce from Larry, she has not been linked with any man. She has chosen a private life.