About Us

Hawaii Business is an award-winning magazine that thrives on inspiring, forward-looking coverage of the people, issues and trends affecting the state’s business community. Founded in 1955, Hawaii Business is the oldest regional business magazine in the United States. Among Hawaii Business’ awards are gold, silver and bronze awards for editorial excellence and design from the Alliance of Area Business Publications. It has also received numerous editorial and design awards for business reporting from the Hawaii Publisher's Association and the Society of Professional Journalists.

The magazine has a number of highly anticipated signature issues: the Hawaii Business Top 250, which ranks the state's largest companies based on gross annual sales; the Hawaii Business Black Book, listing biographies of hundreds of top executives; Hawaii's Wealthiest Landowners, a detailed ranking of the state's landowning elite; and an annual listing of the Best Places to Work in Hawaii. Hawaii Business also provides extensive statewide coverage of tourism, construction, agriculture, real estate and other industries. Every month, the SB section of the magazine focuses on Hawaii's small business leaders and issues important to small businesses. Hawaii Business reaches more than 58,000 business decision makers each month.