She came to Honolulu from South Korea as a child with limited English and modest means. Her company now owns or manages 1,100 residential units and 2.3 million square feet of gross leasable floor space across Hawai‘i.
The construction innovator and his company have built almost 33,000 homes for local families over more than 50 years. He’s still building at age 84.
Hawaii Business Magazine chose him because he transformed CPB from a traditional local bank into a digital banking innovator and drove much improved financial results.
Recent honorees include Micah Kāne, Bettina Mehnert, Mark Fukunaga, and Bob Harrison. Earlier CEOs successfully led Hawaiian Airlines, Hawaiian Telcom and Central Pacific Bank out of bankruptcies.
He has led the nonprofit’s growth and improved health care for more than a decade while also focusing on the broad factors that impact the health of Hawai‘i’s people.
Hawaii Business Magazine is delighted to announce Micah Kāne, chief executive officer and president of Hawai‘i Community Foundation, as the 2020 CEO of the Year.
Bettina Mehnert, president and CEO of AHL is the first female executive to receive the CEO of the Year honor since it was initially awarded 10 years ago.
The theme of Hawaii Business Magazine C-Suite event was “Disrupt or be Disrupted” – which means you need to disrupt your own company or someone else will disrupt it first and maybe put you out of business.
If there's one thing that businesses can count on, it's that change is inevitable.
Get ready, Hawaiʻi: A new airline is preparing to enter the market and that means new local jobs, more options for travelers and additional support for local charities.
In 2017, the state of Hawaiʻi defended itself against 45 million unique attacks to its cyber security each day, says Todd Nacapuy, the state government’s chief information officer.
Change is inevitable in business. So organizations need to be thinking about and anticipating change, said Don Horner, former chairman and CEO of First Hawaiian Bank.
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