The Story Of David H. Murdock.....(History Repeats Itself...READ) Note: From the very beginning, under the Great Mahele, the King’s Law FORBID any sale of Hawaiian Lands, and NO Government SHALL NOT Purchase Any Hawaiian Lands... (When summarizes the “misfortunes” that Murdock’s life – family has unexpectedly encounter.... (Legends Of The Ancestor’s Omen as described by them Still Exist Today).... David Howard Murdock (born April 11, 1923) was an American businessman and philanthropist. His father was a traveling salesman, while his mother took up laundry and scrubbed floors to make ends meet. He is the middle child of three; he had two sisters. He was particularly close to his mother, who died at 42 from cancer.[7] He grew up in Montgomery Township, Ohio and dropped out of high school in the 9th grade.[8][9] He was drafted by the United States Army in 1943 during World War II. After relocating to Detroit after the war, Murdock was homeless and destitute. Due to a chance encounter with a good samaritan, however, he got a $1,200 loan to buy a closing diner, flipping it for a $700 profit ten months later. He moved to Arizona and began working there first in housing and then commercial real estate. When the real estate market collapsed in the 1960s, he moved to Los Angeles where he continued developing real estate opportunities, leading to a string of acquisitions. In 1978 he acquired control of International Mining. In early 1980s he became the largest shareholder. Businesses..... In 1985 Murdock took over the nearly bankrupt Hawaiian firm Castle & Cooke, which owned pineapple and banana producer Dole Food Company. He developed Castle & Cookes real estate portfolio into residential and commercial properties and turned Dole into the worlds largest producer of fruits and vegetables.[11] Acquiring Dole privately in 2003, Murdock completed a $446 million initial public offering in October 2009 and the company traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker DOLE until a private merger agreement was approved October 31, 2013.[12] As a result of his purchase of Castle & Cooke, Murdock acquired ownership of 98% of Lanai, the sixth largest island in Hawaii. In June 2012, Murdock sold his interest in Lanai to Larry Ellison. He owns other companies, including Pacific Clay. Philanthropy..... More recently, he has helped contribute to the redevelopment of a 5,800,000-square-foot (540,000 m2) complex in Kannapolis, North Carolina of a biotechnology research center, the North Carolina Research Campus.[7] The research center is a joint public-private venture, involving major North Carolina universities and private investment. The site of the research center in the middle of Kannapolis was formerly occupied by Plant #1 of Cannon Mills (which became Pillowtex after a series of mergers and acquisitions).[14] Pillowtex filed for bankruptcy in 2003, and closed the mill. This resulted in the largest mass layoff of workers in North Carolina history. Murdock acquired the site and demolished the mill in 2006. After the death of his third wife, Gabriele,[16] he has been involved to finding a cure for cancer, advancing nutrition, and life extension.[1] He established the Dole Nutrition Institute to advocate the benefits of a plant-based diet to promote health and prevent disease. With the help of UCLA, he oversaw the writing of the Encyclopedia of Foods, A Guide to Healthy Nutrition. In 2006, he opened the California Health and Longevity Institute Personal life.... He has been married five times. He married his third wife, Gabriele, in 1967. He had two children with Gabriele. When he married Gabriele, he also adopted her son from a previous marriage, Eugene, making a total of three children. Gabriele was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 1983 and died in 1985.[17] A year later, Eugene died after hitting his head while swimming in the family estates swimming pool. In 2004, Justin Murdock became his only surviving child, after another son, David Murdock Jr., died in an auto accident on the Santa Monica Freeway.[6] Justin Murdock currently serves as CEO and Executive Chairman on the Board of NovaRx and is Senior Vice President of Investments for Castle & Cooke. Previously, he served on the board of Directors at the Dole Food Company, as well as their audit and finance committee up until his retirement on May 17, 2013.[18] Forbes ranks him as the 190th-richest person in the Forbes 400 list and 613th in the Worlds Billionaires list, with a net worth of US$2.4 billion as of March 2013.
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