Largest Private-Sector Employers
Compiled from data collected for the Hawaii Business Top 250
| Rank '00 | Rank '99 | Company | Chief Executive |
'99 % Change |
'98 % Change | Employees | Year Founded | Parent Company |
| 1 | 58 |
Altres Global Business Services, Inc |
Barron L. Guss- PR Kerry A. Kopp -VP |
117.7 |
99.3 | 16613 | 1993 | ALTRES Inc, ALTRES Staffing Inc, ALTRES Insurance
Inc, ALTRES Medical Contract staffing, temporary placement, professional employment orgranization in 15 states. |
| 2 | 5 | BancWest Corp. Financial Services www.bancestcorp.com |
Walter A. Dods Jr. -CHB, CEO Don J. McGrath -PR, COO Joel Sibrac -Vice CHB John K. Tsui -Vice CHB, COO |
133.3 50.9% |
883.7 | 4946 | 1858/1974 | First Hawaiian Bank (59 Branches), Bank of the West (162 branches) |
| 3 | 2 | Pacific Century Financial Corp. Bank holding Company. www.boh.com |
Micheal E. O'Neil -CHB, CEO Richard J. Dahl -PR, COO Alton T. Kuioka -Vice CHB Mary P. Carryer -Vice CHB |
1292.1 -0.6% |
1300.3 | 4700 | 1897 | Bank of Hawaii, Pacific Century Bank, First Savings & Loan Association of America (Guam, |
| 4 | 9 | Kyo-ya Co. Ltd. Hotels(owner & operator), parking lots, retail stores, restaurants, insurance agencies |
Masakuni Osano -PR Stanley Takashi -EVP, COO |
544.8 1.5% |
536.6 | 4060 | 1961 | Kokusai Kogyo Co. Ltd(Japan), Princess Kaiulani Hotel (dba), Moana Surfrider Hotel (dba), Sheraton Waikiki Hotel (dba), Royal Hawaiian Hotel (dba), Sheraton Maui Hotel (dba), Palace Hotel (CA) (dba), Kyo-ya Restaurant (dba), Kyo-ya Oceanic Co Ltd, (Australia), Grand Cypress Florida Inc. (FL), Beach Parking (dba), Surfrider Golf Shop (dba), Pacific Rim Insurance Corp., Kyo-ya Insurance Services Ltd. |
| 5 | 15 | The Queen's Health System Allied health care services. www.queens.org |
Robert C. Oshiro -CHB Richard L. Griffin -PR, CEO |
424 2.2% |
415 | 3876 | 1859 | The Queen's Medical Center, The Queen's Emma Foundation, Molokai General Hospital, Queen's Development Corp. The Queen's Health Care Centers, Diagnostic Laboratory Services Inc., Queen's Health Management, Queen's Island Care, Queen's Hawaii Care, Queen's Preferred Plan, The Queen's Health Care Plan, Hawaii Medical Library, Hamamatsu/Queen's PET Imaging Center LLC, CareResource Hawaii, Queen's Insurance AIF Inc. |
| 6 | 39 | McDonald's Restaurants of Hawaii Quick-service restaurant (76 outlets in Hawaii, 7 outlets in Guam, 2 in Siapan; 45 individually owned). www.mcdonalds.com |
Ken Nakamure-Mg Dir Frankie Chung -Sr. Operations Mgr. Verconica Kaneko -Sr Operations Mgr. Cesar Llarenas -Operations Mgr. |
160 0.6% |
159 | 3700 | 1968 | McDonald's Corp. (IL) |
| 7 | 1 | Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc. Electronic services and finanicial services. www.hei.com |
Robert F. Clarke -CHB, PR, CEO T.Micheal May -Sr. VP Robert F. Mougeot -VP/Finanace, CFO |
1523.3 2.6% |
1485.2 | 3262 | 1891/1983 | Hawaiian Electric Co. (HECO), Hawaii Electric Light Co. (HELCO), Maui Electric Co. (MECO), HEI Power Corp., American Savings Bank. |
| 8 | 13 | Kaiser Permante Medical Care Program Non-profit health maintenance organization (HMO) - health plan nad medical care www.kaiserpermanente.org |
Micheal E. Chaffin, MD -PR/Hawaii Perm. Med.
Grp. Bruce Behnke -PR |
485.3 5.0% |
462 | 3150 | 1958 | Kasier Permente Medical Care Program(CA)
Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc., Hawaii Permanente Medical Group Inc. |
| 9 | 29 | Hawaii Health Systems Corp.
Acute, long term & rural healthcare provider. www.hawaiihealth.com |
Thomas M. Driskill Jr. -PR, CEO | 226 | 3145 | 1884/1996 | Maui Memorial Medical Center (Maui Region), Kula Hospital (Maui Region), Lanai Community Hospital (Lanai Region), Hilo Medical Center (East Hawaii Region), Hale Ho'ola Hamakua (East Hawaii Region), Kau Hospital (East Hawaii Region), Kona Community Hospital (West Hawaii Region), Kohala Hospital (West Hawaii Region), Kauai Veterans Memorial Hospital (Kauai Region) , Samuel Mahelona Memorial Hospital (Kauai Region), Leahi Hospital (Oahu Region), Maluhia Hospital (Oahu Region). | |
| 10 | 12 | Hawaiian Airlines, Inc Commerical airline operations www.hawaiianair.com |
Paul J. Casey -PR CEO John B. Happ -Sr. VP/Mktg. & Sales Ruthann s. Yamanaka -Sr. VP/People Services |
488.9 | 426.4 | 3050 | 1929 |
Compiled from data collected for the Hawaii Business Top 250
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