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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.


educación Universidad de Georgetown facultades de Derecho universidades Washington, D. C.

Fecha: June 1, 2006

Zona: Hawai'i, US

Entrevista: Akemi Kikumura Yano

País: Watase Media Arts Center, Japanese American National Museum

Entrevista

Bert A. Kobayashi, Jr.,conocido como “B.J.”, tuvo su primera experiencia en el negocio de la construcción como peón en Albert C. Kobayashi Inc., empresa hawaiana que su abuelo fundó y su padre Bert administraba. Tras graduarse en la Universidad de Georgetown en 1993, trabajó en la oficina del senador Daniel Inouye en Washington DC donde el demócrata hawaiano le aconsejó el valor de obtener un título en derecho. Luego de 3 años de estudio de bienes raíces y derecho en Georgetown, B.J. tomó la presidencia de la empresa de su padre, desarrollando el Centro Cívico de Kapolei. Con su hermano, hermana y un socio, formó el Grupo Kobayashi, desarrollando proyectos de condominios y lujosos resort de golf. B.J., además, promueve la sustentabilidad y la protección de los recursos naturales de Hawaii y participa activamente en trabajos comunitarios como en Gift Foundation of Hawai‘i (que cofundó) y Nature Conservancy. (junio de 2007)

Fuente: Basado en el artículo de Pacific Business News.

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