Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. (NYSE: ALEX) is a Honolulu-based company that was once part of the Big Five companies in territorial Hawaii. The company today operates businesses in shipping, sugar cane, real estate, and diversified agriculture. It is also the only "Big Five" company that still cultivates sugar cane. It remains one of the State of Hawaii's largest private landowners, owning about 89,000 acres (36,000 ha) throughout the state. In addition, the company owns over a dozen income properties in the continental United States.
Alexander & Baldwin has its headquarters in downtown Honolulu at the Alexander & Baldwin Building, which was built in 1929.
Benefits
Alexander & Baldwin provides a comprehensive benefits package, which may vary depending on which of our businesses you join. A summary of our benefits include:
Health & Welfare
Medical
Dental
Vision
Health, Dependent Care, Parking Reimbursement Accounts
Long-Term Disability
Life Insurance
Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance
Business Travel Accident Insurance
Sick Leave
Employee Referral Program
Retirement Benefits
401(k)
Profit Sharing
Pension Plan
Other
Matching Gifts Program
Volunteer Matching Gifts Program
Scholarship Program
Education Financial Assistance
Bus Pass Program
Holidays and Vacation
A&B is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit and business need. We want to have the best-qualified person in every job.
A&B policy and the Code of Conduct prohibit unlawful discrimination based on race, color, gender, religion, age, marital status, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, citizenship, ethnicity, military or veteran status, and any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state, or local law. Employees who need a reasonable accommodation pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act are encouraged to speak with their supervisor.
The Big Five Era
Following incorporation, the company continued to prosper. It came to be one of Hawaii’s Big Five companies which held a virtual oligarchy over Hawaii’s economy during the region’s territorial years. In this period, the company entered many new businesses and controlled more than 100,000 acres (40,000 ha) of land in the Territory.
In 1905, Alexander & Baldwin and other Big Five companies took control of the California and Hawaiian Sugar Company (C&H), giving Alexander & Baldwin a factory where they could refine its sugar.
Over the following decades, the company opened or bought out sugar operations at Puʻunene, Kahuku, and Kauaʻi island as well as pineapple operations on Maui and Kauaʻi. In 1908, the company bought a portion of the Matson Navigation Company, a major shipping line operating in the territory. The company sold its sugar interests on Kauaʻi and consolidated all of its Maui operations into an enlarged Hawaii Commercial & Sugar Company in the 1930s while continuing its pineapple operations as well as its sugar plantation in Kahuku until the 1960s.
Alexander and Baldwin Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Headquarters built in 1929
Location: 822 Bishop Street, Honolulu, Hawaii
Coordinates: 21°18′46″N 157°51′54″WCoordinates: 21°18′46″N 157°51′54″W
Built: 1929
Architect: Charles William Dickey, Hart Wood
Governing body: Private
Added to NRHP: September 7, 1979
NRHP Reference#: 79000755[5]
Following World War II, the company entered a new business: land development and real estate. The company formed a new subsidiary, the Kahului Development Co., to develop housing in the Kahului area. In the following years, the company became more involved in the development of its land and the Kahului Development Co. became A&B Properties, Inc.
In 1962, the company purchased all outstanding interests in the Hawaii Commercial & Sugar Company and the sugar operation became wholly owned by Alexander & Baldwin. In 1964, the company also bought out the interests in Matson Navigation Company held by three of its fellow "Big Five" competitors: American Factors, C. Brewer & Co., and Castle & Cooke. In 1969, the company purchased all remaining, outstanding shares in Matson and the shipping company became a wholly owned subsidiary of Alexander & Baldwin.
Alexander & Baldwin has its headquarters in downtown Honolulu at the Alexander & Baldwin Building, which was built in 1929.
Benefits
Alexander & Baldwin provides a comprehensive benefits package, which may vary depending on which of our businesses you join. A summary of our benefits include:
Health & Welfare
Medical
Dental
Vision
Health, Dependent Care, Parking Reimbursement Accounts
Long-Term Disability
Life Insurance
Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance
Business Travel Accident Insurance
Sick Leave
Employee Referral Program
Retirement Benefits
401(k)
Profit Sharing
Pension Plan
Other
Matching Gifts Program
Volunteer Matching Gifts Program
Scholarship Program
Education Financial Assistance
Bus Pass Program
Holidays and Vacation
A&B is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit and business need. We want to have the best-qualified person in every job.
A&B policy and the Code of Conduct prohibit unlawful discrimination based on race, color, gender, religion, age, marital status, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, citizenship, ethnicity, military or veteran status, and any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state, or local law. Employees who need a reasonable accommodation pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act are encouraged to speak with their supervisor.
The Big Five Era
Following incorporation, the company continued to prosper. It came to be one of Hawaii’s Big Five companies which held a virtual oligarchy over Hawaii’s economy during the region’s territorial years. In this period, the company entered many new businesses and controlled more than 100,000 acres (40,000 ha) of land in the Territory.
In 1905, Alexander & Baldwin and other Big Five companies took control of the California and Hawaiian Sugar Company (C&H), giving Alexander & Baldwin a factory where they could refine its sugar.
Over the following decades, the company opened or bought out sugar operations at Puʻunene, Kahuku, and Kauaʻi island as well as pineapple operations on Maui and Kauaʻi. In 1908, the company bought a portion of the Matson Navigation Company, a major shipping line operating in the territory. The company sold its sugar interests on Kauaʻi and consolidated all of its Maui operations into an enlarged Hawaii Commercial & Sugar Company in the 1930s while continuing its pineapple operations as well as its sugar plantation in Kahuku until the 1960s.
Alexander and Baldwin Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Headquarters built in 1929
Location: 822 Bishop Street, Honolulu, Hawaii
Coordinates: 21°18′46″N 157°51′54″WCoordinates: 21°18′46″N 157°51′54″W
Built: 1929
Architect: Charles William Dickey, Hart Wood
Governing body: Private
Added to NRHP: September 7, 1979
NRHP Reference#: 79000755[5]
Following World War II, the company entered a new business: land development and real estate. The company formed a new subsidiary, the Kahului Development Co., to develop housing in the Kahului area. In the following years, the company became more involved in the development of its land and the Kahului Development Co. became A&B Properties, Inc.
In 1962, the company purchased all outstanding interests in the Hawaii Commercial & Sugar Company and the sugar operation became wholly owned by Alexander & Baldwin. In 1964, the company also bought out the interests in Matson Navigation Company held by three of its fellow "Big Five" competitors: American Factors, C. Brewer & Co., and Castle & Cooke. In 1969, the company purchased all remaining, outstanding shares in Matson and the shipping company became a wholly owned subsidiary of Alexander & Baldwin.