Ryan Chun

School: Kaiser High School

Career: Entrepreneur, Founder of Elite Parking

Ryan Chun exhibited a strong business acumen at a young age. Whether it was working three different newspaper routes as a paperboy or managing a local gas station at 16 years old, the Kaiser High grad always demonstrated a hard work ethic.

While starting his valet business on Pier 7 of Aloha Tower, Ryan put a nearby payphone as the contact number on his business cards. (He didn’t have an office and personal cell phones were merely a futuristic thought.) When the payphone would ring, Ryan would sprint to it and answer, “Elite Car Care/Valet.” 

Fast forward 26 years later, his business has evolved into ELITE Parking – Hawai’i’s largest independent parking services provider.

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