Larry Ellison’s Sensei Resorts Gear Up for a Global Expansion
An exclusive look at the Oracle founder’s ambition in the wellness travel space, which is growing from two resorts to many more.
A room at Zadún, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve hotel in Baja Mexico, that has recently partnered with billionaire Larry Ellison’s wellness brand Sensei.
Source: Zadún
When the billionaire founder of Oracle Corp. Larry Ellison snapped up the Hawaiian island of Lanai in 2012, he also got two coveted Four Seasons resorts. The $450-million renovation of the property at Manele Bay that he undertook was considered trailblazing for its over-the-top luxury, including a $21,000-a-night suite. Fewer people buzzed over his reinvention of the neighboring, 34-acre Koele Lodge. But the first Sensei wellness resort, which opened in 2018, would technically be far more visionary.
Fast-forward and it’s Sensei that Ellison is hoping to scale into his own global brand. Co-founded with physician and biomedical researcher David Agus, Sensei aimed to leverage science and technology to help people live longer, better lives, well before these types of places became a cultural craze.