Peter ho bank of hawaii biography

Bank of Hawaii's Peter Ho says that with a privileged upbringing comes responsibilities.

DEBORAH BOOKER | The Honolulu Advertiser

PROFILE

PETER S.

HO

Current job: President and chief banking officer of Bank of Hawaii

Age: 44

First job: Scooping pineapple scraps onto a conveyor belt at the cannery.

Education: Holds a bachelor of science degree in business administration and an MBA from the University of Southern California (where he was the First Interstate Bank Fellow).

Work philosophy: "In general, I really believe that success is almost exclusively a function of those people that you surround yourself with: Those people that you work with; the people who work for you; the people that you work for; the people that you do business with."

Business tip: "When things get tougher, you've g