Q 1:
The big 5 personality factors are Emotional stability, Agreeableness, Extraversion, Conscientiousness and Openness. Let’s Analyze the Larry Ellison in details on each of these.
Emotional Stability reflects the calmness, poise and stability in their interpersonal dealings. Larry does not score very high on Emotional stability. He does not hide his irritation at others.
He is not resilient as he does not accommodate others of different view. Though, he is surely a confident person. He does have high degree of confidence in himself. He believes he can be success without others help though it may not be entirely true. No one person regardless of how smart he or she is can be success all alone. There should be lot of contribution from other people at all levels. He does not seem to realize or recognize this. He may have a lot of arrogance.
He definitely is an effective leader. Starting a small company and turning into one of best companies on the planet takes great personality. He has knack for success and he has demonstrated it.
All that reflects He is quite Emotionally Stable person.
No man is perfect. He has some weakness as well.
Agreeableness is the capability of getting along others. This is Larry’s biggest weakness.
Really intelligent and capable people are often hard to get along with others as they have their own independent ideas and opinions about everything. They feel they are right always. Others may think of him rude.
On Extraversion factor he scores high, as he sure is energetic person. He competes in professional boating racing. He has courageous and bold personality. He did not give up the race even after being caught in hurricane and eventually won race.