You could say that Dustin Shindo is a man who’s always looking for the next big thing. The consummate entrepreneur, just 34 years old, has already created four companies from the ground-up — everything from a local brewery to a clean energy technology company with $1.6 billion in contracts— all with the purpose of making a difference in the world.

Shindo founded Mehana Brewing Company in 1995 and a travel activity company called Activitymax in 1999 (which he later disbanded). He is chairman of Kai Sensors, a wireless heart rate and respiration sensing company he co-founded in 2007 and he is the chairman, president and CEO of the clean energy company, Hoku Scientific, Inc., which was established in 2001.
It is at Hoku Scientific where Shindo’s energy is most focused these days.