The life and career of Mark Hurd, the CEO of Oracle who has died at age 62 (ORCL)

Mark Hurd, CEO of Oracle, died on Friday.The 62-year-old chief executive had been on medical leave from the company since September.Before joining Oracle, Hurd was the chairman, CEO, and president at Hewlett-Packard. He resigned in 2010 amid allegations of sexual harassment surfaced against him. He was widely credited with the company's dominance in computing hardware during his tenure.Hurd began his career at NCR Corp., where he worked for 25 years and eventually rose to occupy the CEO chair.Here's a look back at the life and career of Mark Hurd.Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.

Mark Hurd, one of Oracle's two CEOs, died on Friday at age 62.

Hurd led the database giant with Safra Catz since 2014, though he had announced a medical leave of absence in September. He and Catz had been hired by then-CEO Larry Ellison as copresidents of Oracle in 2010, before taking over as joint CEOs when Ellison stepped aside.

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Hurd spent most of his career at NCR Corp., an enterprise technology company specializing in point-of-sale systems and ATM machines. After 25 years, Hurd had risen to the chief executive role before moving over to run computing giant Hewlett-Packard. He was widely credited with making HP into the dominant player in hardware computing during his tenure, a trait that Ellison highly valued when deciding to recruit Hurd to Oracle in 2010.

At Oracle, he was known for spearheading its push into the cloud, playing a major role in its growth.

Here's a look at the life and career of Mark Hurd:

Original author: Megan Hernbroth