Lanai’s new owner has tapped Kurt Matsumoto, a native of Lanai, as the chief operating officer of Lanai Resorts, the island’s management company, according to Hawaii News Now

Larry Ellison bought the island in June from fellow billionaire, David Murdock. 

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