ML&P is a Hawai‘i corporation and successor to a business organized in 1909. In 2009 ML&P, worked with a group of former Pineapple executives to sucessfully spin-off operations of Maui Pineapple Company and Maui Gold®. Its principal operating subsidiary is Kapalua Land Company Ltd., operator of Kapalua Resort, a master-planned resort community in West Maui.
ML&P manages the Pu`u Kukui Watershed Preserve, which is the largest private nature preserve in the state of Hawai`i and home to some of the rarest endangered plant and animal species in the islands. The 8,304-acre preserve encircles the summit of Mauana Kahalawai, or West Maui mountains. ML&P employs five full-time conservationists to manage the preserve and participate in the West Maui Mountains Watershed Partnership, contributing to the health of a vital water source for Maui's community.