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HALL OF FAME

Gold House recognizes past honorees with a permanent spot

- By Jazz Tangcay

This year’s Hall of Fame inductees are Gold House A honorees who have been celebrated more than twice for their continued contributi­ons to their fields.

“When Gold House began, we were shocked by how many heroes lived among us, but were too often uncelebrat­ed. Mainstream success is often only as strong as we are on the inside,” says Gold House CEO and co-founder Bing Chen. “We felt an immediate responsibi­lity to celebrate the many icons of our community who were not just role models for us, but titans of industry. The Hall of Fame cements that new wave of heroes for a new generation.”

Topping the Hall of Fame list is baseball phenom Shohei Ohtani, who shattered records when he signed a $ˆ million, year deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers in December ‹ ‹Œ. Ohtani was previously on the A list in ‹ ‹Œ.

Music superstar Olivia Rodrigo is also being honored. She’s currently on tour promoting her latest album, “Guts,” and first made the A list in ‹ ‹‹. Earlier this year, Rodrigo made the Gold List, celebratin­g her success of the Oscar-shortliste­d original song “Can’t Catch Me Now” from “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes.”

Jason Momoa is another ‹ ‹• Hall of Famer. Momoa starred in three blockbuste­r films in ‹ ‹Œ — “Fast X,” “The Flash” and “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom.” While his movies unspooled in theaters, Momoa spent the summer supporting the WGA and SAG-AFTRA picket lines by donating bottles of Mananalu water, his bottled water company that uses sustainabl­e, recyclable aluminum.

He also used his platform during the devastatin­g Maui Wildfires and posted about the Hawai’i Community Foundation, a fund designed to help victims.

Other inductees into Gold House’s Hall of Fame include Garry Tan, CEO of Y Combinator; Lisa Su, CEO of Advanced Micro Devices; profession­al golfer Collin Morikawa; and “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” producer James Wan.

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