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Ellison buys airline to go with Hawaiian island paradise

Hannah Breeze

28 February 2013 • 1 min read

Oracle chief executive buys Island Air for undisclosed sum, less than a year after buying 98 per cent of island Lanai

As if the purchase of Hawaiian island Lanai last summer were not enough, Oracle chief executive Larry Ellison has decided to buy an airline to go with it. Ellison, whom Forbes ranks as the sixth...

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