Jeffrey "Jeff" O. Henley (born 1945) is an American businessman and the

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, having previously been chairman.

Early life

Henley graduated with a bachelor's degree in economics from the

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(UCSB) in 1966. He received an

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in finance from the

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in 1967. He and his wife Judy Henley established the Jeff Henley

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Chair in Economics at UCSB. Henley is a member of the Cal Gamma chapter of

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Career

Prior to joining Oracle in 1991, Henley was executive vice president and chief financial officer at Pacific Holding Company, and as executive vice president and chief financial officer at Saga Corporation. He also was director of finance at Memorex Corporation, and as controller of international operations at

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. After Oracle experienced serious accounting issues, Henley and Raymond J. Lane brought what a rival described as "professional management and responsible people of integrity" to the company, and what Oracle's Jerry Held described as "bring in the adults". He was chairman of Oracle from January 2004 to September 2014, prior to which he was the

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and an executive vice president for 13 years from March 1991 to July 2004. He is also a member of the company's

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. Henley was appointed vice chairman in September 2014.

References

External links

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American chairpersons of corporations American computer businesspeople Living people Oracle employees University of California, Santa Barbara alumni UCLA Anderson School of Management alumni American chief financial officers 1945 births {{US-business-bio-1940s-stub