[1] Henley graduated with a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) in 1966.
[4][2] Henley is a member of the Cal Gamma chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon.
[citation needed] 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 Fairchild Semiconductor.
[3] He was chairman of Oracle from January 2004 to September 2014, prior to which he was the chief financial officer and an executive vice president for 13 years from March 1991 to July 2004.