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Like His Ancestors, Stephen Kagawa Aims to Renovate a Broken Industry
The Next Generation
As he strives to leave his mark on the unpredictable, coronavirus-era business world, Nikkei financial maven Stephen Kagawa treads firmly in the footsteps of his innovative, inclusive ancestors. They were Nisei and Sansei who had built Occidental Underwriters of Hawai‘i – by combining fresh financial practices from the mainland with inclusive industry methods aimed to meet the once-impossible-to-achieve aspirational goals of Americans descending from Asian and Pacific Islander settlers in the islands. These practices and methods were provoked by both U.S.-cont…
