Oracle billionaire Larry Ellison bought a Hawaiian island for $300 million in 2012. He's paying full wages and benefits for the island's workers during the pandemic shutdown.
is working on three issues on Lanai: global food supply, nutrition, and sustainable energy sources.
Ellison told Forbes he has built two 20,000-square-foot hydroponic greenhouses on the island, called Sensei Farms, with sensors and cameras that track data like water usage and airflow. He noted that they are powered by Tesla solar panels. Sensei also has a $3,000-a-night spa called Sensei Retreat.Ted Soqui/Corbis via Getty Images
The spokesperson for Pulama Lanai declined to comment on whether or not Ellison was self-isolating on Lanai. He on March 12 from his 250-acre estate in Rancho Mirage, California, but the billionaire tech mogul could be at any number of the dozens of homes that he owns internationally.across the globe, including multiple homes in Silicon Valley and Lake Tahoe, and at least 10 homes on a stretch of beach in Malibu known as "Billionaire's Beach." Then there's his private golf club estate in Rancho Mirage, California; his mansions in Newport, Rhode Island; and garden villa in Kyoto, Japan.
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