In 2012, former Dole Food owner David Murdock sold the tiny Hawaii island of Lanai—once one of the country’s largest pineapple plantations—to Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison for $300 million.
David Murdock is an English instructor at Gadsden State Community College. He can be contacted at murdockcolumn@yahoo.com.
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