How Hawaii became a playground for Silicon Valley tycoons FacebookTwitterEmail The recent news that Hawaii is recruiting mainland residents to work remotely came as a surprise to locals expecting further, not fewer, restrictions on travel to the Aloha State. Yet the Movers & Shakas program, which includes free round-trip airfare for 50 qualified applicants who will temporarily live on Oahu and pledge to volunteer with a community nonprofit, is part of a long tradition of luring well-heeled people to make Hawaii their vacation home. Across the archipelago, it's easy to find Silicon Valley magnates with a large footprint, including Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg on Kauai, eBay founder Pierre Omidyar in Honolulu and Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison on Lanai.