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Billionaire Larry Ellison once struggled to pay his electricity bills to keep his computer running. Now, the Oracle co-founder has written a $300 million cheque to buy a Hawaiian island three times the size of San Francisco

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Tech billionaire Larry Ellison once struggled so much to pay the utility bills that kept his workshop running that he had to ask energy companies for extra time. Decades later, the business tycoon had no trouble writing a $300 million cheque to buy 98 per cent of a Hawaiian island that is three times the size of San Francisco.

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