Hawaii Business Magazine February 2025 - Hawaii Business Magazine

The Future of Hawai‘i’s Last Sugar Mill

Pu‘unēnē Mill on Maui was bought by Nan Inc., though much of it may be demolished.

7 Fascinating Facts from the Hawai‘i State Data Book

Death, taxes, tourists and other data about Hawai‘i, then and now.

Family Promise Focuses on Homeless Children and Their Families

1 in 30 Hawai‘i children experience homelessness each year, and it can have “a disproportionate effect over the rest of their lives.”

Hawai‘i’s 10 Oldest Organizations Started 175 Years Ago or More

The oldest continuously operated ranches, churches, schools and other institutions include many familiar names.

“The Big Five” Once Dominated Hawai‘i’s Economy, Government and Society

Inside the rise, fall and transformation of an oligarchy that wielded power from the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy in 1893 to the 1950s.

A Look Back at 1982, a Pivotal Year in the Transition to Today’s Hawai‘i

The plantation economy was dying, tourism sagged and the year’s events were harbingers of what we face now.

A Look Back at 1970, a Year of Firsts and Growing Trends

Income was $4,599 per capita, but you needed at least $12,064 a year for a moderate family lifestyle.

A Look Back at 1959, the Year Hawai‘i Became a State

It was a year of immense change, with grand visions for the future. Some dreams came to pass, and others remain just dreams.

Hawai‘i’s Housing Crisis Was Decades in the Making

A look at the policy decisions, external crises and social changes that gave Hawai‘i the most expensive housing in the nation.

Upraising the Future

World-renowned appraiser Gerald Kwock transforms a lifetime of collecting into unending opportunities for local students.

Hawai‘i Tourism: A Century and a Half in the Making

Once a destination for the rich and adventurous, the advent of commercial jets in the 1950s made the Islands affordable to the masses.

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“A Couple of Dreamers”: Audacious Beginnings for Hawaii Business Magazine

Ethel and Joe Murphy came to Hawai‘i in 1952 so Joe could sell vacuum cleaners. By 1955, they founded the first and oldest regional business magazine in the country.

Hawai‘i’s Top Business Leaders in the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s

From Chinn Ho to David Murdock, here are the men and occasional women selected as the year’s most influential leaders.

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Making Business Simple for Hawaiʻi since 1969

1969 In 1969, Bill Guss opened Labor Services Inc. to provide a flexible, on-demand workforce to O‘ahu warehouses, trucking companies, contractors, and naval shipyards. From his office across the street from Waikīkī Beach, he would raise a blue flag to…

Hawaii Business Magazine - February 2025