Lanai, Hawaii is being reinvented by a single man and his empire of technology and cash. Lawrence J. Ellison, the billionaire from Oracle, has invested big to reinvent the Four Seasons Resort Lanai.
For the past two decades, golf has been a driving force in an effort to re-brand Lanai, which was once known as 'Pineapple Island,' as a private paradise for sun-seeking tourists. The smallest and least-populated of Hawaii's half dozen tourist-friendly islands, Lanai boasts 36 holes of championship golf -- the Challenge at Manele and the Experience at Koele -- and only 30 miles of paved road.