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From attorney to developer

Sure, it fits in pretty well. You know, I went to school here in Hawaii then got in and went back east to Georgetown University School of Business and the connection there primarily was family. My mom’s brothers and a bunch of her family – cousins…in fact when I went to Georgetown there were 7 other cousins that I had that were already attending Georgetown. So a strong family connection to that university sent me there. And it was also one of the best business schools that I could find on the east coast. And I was dead set on entering into a business school for my undergraduate education. And Georgetown also has a very good liberal arts program that I got to take advantage of as well. So that’s how I ended up back east in Washington, D.C.

I finished college a year early and decided, “Well, I could get a second major or I could maybe work on the Hill” and so I phoned my dad to see if he could get me an interview with Senator Inouye and I didn’t get one, but I got one with someone that was close to Senator Inouye and ended up getting a position there. And while I was there, I saw the importance of being able to understand the way bills become law, how laws are managed, and how they’re argued by attorneys and I thought that would be valuable for me to understand in my real estate business. So I applied to law schools, got into a bunch and ended up choosing Georgetown, staying in the same neighborhood.


educação Universidade de Georgetown escolas de direito universidades Washington, D.C.

Data: June 1, 2006

Localização Geográfica: Hawai'i, US

Entrevistado: Akemi Kikumura Yano

País: Watase Media Arts Center, Japanese American National Museum

Entrevistados

Bert A. Kobayashi, Jr., conhecido como “BJ”, experimentou pela primeira vez o negócio da construção como operário da Albert C. Kobayashi, Inc., a empresa havaiana fundada por seu avô e dirigida por seu pai, Bert, Sr. Depois de se formar na Universidade de Georgetown em 1993, ele trabalhou no escritório do senador Daniel Inouye em Washington, DC - onde o democrata sênior do Havaí o aconselhou a considerar o valor de obter um diploma de direito. Depois de três anos estudando direito imobiliário e empresarial em Georgetown, BJ assumiu a presidência da empresa de seu pai, desenvolvendo o Centro Cívico Kapolei. Com o irmão, a irmã e um sócio de negócios, formou então o Grupo Kobayashi, desenvolvendo grandes projetos de condomínios e resorts de golfe de luxo. Além de seus interesses comerciais, BJ também é apaixonado por promover a sustentabilidade e proteger os recursos naturais do Havaí, e atua em trabalhos comunitários, como a Gift Foundation of Hawai'i (da qual ele foi cofundador) e a Nature Conservancy. (junho de 2007)

Fonte: Baseado em artigo do Pacific Business News.

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