THE DEAL: Oracle CEO Larry Ellison is buying an inhabited Hawaiian island. He inked a deal announced this week by the governor to buy 98 percent of the island's 141 square miles.
ABOUT HIS WEALTH: Ellison built Oracle Corp. with $1,200 in 1977 and is the world's sixth richest billionaire.
ABOUT HIS SPENDING: He's known for flaunting his fortune like a playboy — driving fancy cars, wooing beautiful women, flying his own jet and spending $200 million to build a Japanese-themed compound in California's Silicon Valley.


