Oracle CEO Larry Ellison has purchased 98 percent of Lanai, Hawaii’s sixth-largest island, as announced by Hawaii governor Neil Abercrombie on Wednesday. The billionaire Ellison was listed as America’s third-richest man in 2012, and is buying the property from fellow billionaire David Murdock. Murdock’s company Castle and Cooke Inc., controls all but of 2 percent [...]
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