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Originally Posted by jimbo2012
Oracle Corp. (ORCL) Chief Executive Officer Larry Ellison has agreed to buy 98 percent of the Hawaiian island of Lanai, according to the state’s governor.
“It is my understanding that Mr. Ellison has had a long standing interest in Lanai,” Governor Neil Abercrombie said in a statement. “His passion for nature, particularly the ocean is well known specifically in the realm of America’s Cup sailing.”
Lanai, Hawaii’s sixth-largest island with an area of 141 square miles (365 square kilometers), is currently owned by billionaire David Murdock’s Castle & Cooke Inc. Ellison’s software industry rival Bill Gates married his wife Melinda on the island in 1994.
The sale includes two resort hotels, two championship golf courses and club houses, more than 88,000 acres of land including a 600-acre residential development, a solar farm, parks and utilities
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I still work full time. My employer uses Oracle for accounting, procurement, order management, payroll, etc. I spend 90% of my work week using Oracle. Glad to hear that Larry E. is doing so well he can afford to buy an island. Some days at work I start talking to my computer..."I hate Oracle" or "Da___ Oracle."