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2021 NADA Board Member Stan Masamitsu

Stan Masamitsu

NADA Board Member - Hawaii

Tony Honda
94-1299 Ka Uka Blvd.
Waipahu, HI 96797
www.tonygroup.com

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FRANCHISES

 

Honda, Hyundai, Nissan, Volkswagen

Stan Masamitsu is president of Tony Group in Waipahu, Hawaii. The company was originally founded by his father in 1967 in Japan, then moved to Hawaii in 1977 to open their first dealership in the U.S. After graduating from college in 1992, he spent two years at the company's California dealerships, Los Gatos Honda and South Coast Acura, holding multiple positions before taking over as president in 1996. Masamitsu represents Hawaii's franchised new-car dealers on the board of directors of the National Automobile Dealers Association. (Term:  March 2013-February 2024)

Industry Service

  • Board member, Hawaii Automobile Dealers Association
  • President, Hawaii Automobile Dealers Association, 2009 and 2010

Community Service

  • Board member, Hawaii Muscular Dystrophy Association
  • Board member, YMCA of Honolulu
  • Board member, Hawaii Better Business Bureau

Awards

  • Time Dealer of the Year Award winner for Hawaii, 2007
  • Pacific Business News "Forty under 40" Young Business Leader of the Year, 2006

Education

  • Bachelor's degree in business, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
  • Graduate, NADA Dealer Academy, McLean, Va., 1993