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June 24, 2016

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University of Southern California Recognizes Asian Pacific Alumni

Rei Umekubo, Managing Partner at Pilot Capital Investments, LLC, in Los Angeles, keeps close ties to his alma mater, the University of Southern California (USC). In fact, Rei Umekubo sits on the USC Alumni Association Board of Governors as well as the USC Asian Pacific Alumni Association (APAA) Board of Directors. In spring 2017, USC hosted its Asian Pacific Alumni Association Scholarship and Awards Gala in Beverly Hills. At the event, it honored USC graduates of Asian Pacific descent. Among them were John Iino, who graduated with his juris doctor in 1987, and Oliver Wong, who acquired his master of business administration in 1977. Both earned Leadership Awards for their impressive contributions to their respective fields. Iino, a partner at the large global law firm of Reed Smith, LLP, serves as the firm’s chief diversity officer and co-chairs its Japan Business Team. Wong is CEO of the international plywood importer Far East American, LLC, and CEO and founder of Modus Furniture In...

Graham Allison Analyzes the “Thucydides Trap”

Since 2010, Rei Umekubo has been Managing Partner for Pilot Capital Investments, LLC in Los Angeles, California. In his spare time, Rei Umekubo is a board member of the Los Angeles World Affairs Council. On June 5, 2017, the Los Angeles World Affairs Council hosted a breakfast at the California Club where Graham Allison delivered a talk titled “Can the US Avoid War with China? The Mysterious "Thucydides Trap.”” As a special advisor to the Secretary of Defense during the Reagan Administration and later assistant secretary of defense in President Clinton’s first term, Allison has 30 years of experience in analyzing US defense and security policy. The “ Thucydides Trap ” refers to the Greek historian Thucydides who argued that the 5th-century rise of Athens threatened the established power of Sparta to the point that war became inevitable. The current analogy is the rise of China threatening the current American based world order, and Allison and his team of researchers studied 1...

The Kenbo Project on Helping Nepalese Children Get into College

An alumnus of the University of Southern California, Rei Umekubo is an experienced financial executive who serves as a managing partner at Pilot Capital Investments, LLC, in Los Angeles. On top of his professional duties, Rei Umekubo serves as a board member of Kenbo Project. The Kenbo Project is a nonprofit organization dedicated to connecting people around the globe by providing financial assistance to those who cannot afford education. It was established in honor of Rei Umekubo's brother Ken Umekubo, who passed away in 2002. He was known as a generous man who helped countless of individuals in his travels abroad. The Kenbo Project aims to continue his legacy of helping other people. One Kenbo Project initiative dedicated to helping people access education is the International Scholarship Project. This program concentrates on Nepal. A large percentage of children in Nepal have financial or family problems that hamper them from attaining education. As this project concentrates ...

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