Donna Fujimoto Cole

In 1980, after a recent divorce and her 4-year-old daughter in tow, Donna Fujimoto Cole founded Cole Chemical & Distributing, Inc. with $5,000. Today, ICIS ranks Cole Chemical 122 in the world and their customers include: Chevron, Colgate, ExxonMobil, P66, Shell, Toyota and United Airlines. Cole Chemical is consistently listed in the top ten minority and Women owned businesses in Texas in the Houston Business Journal.

Ms. Cole also serves on the boards of the U.S.-Japan Council, the Center for Asian Pacific American Women, president of the Urasenke Tonko Kai Houston, and an advisory board member of the Institute for Supply Management and the Women’s Home. In 1991-1993, she served on President George H. Bush's Export Council. She attended Pan American University, The Amos Tuck School of Business Minority Business Executive Program, and graduated from the Manpower Business Training Institute of Technology. In 2015, Ms. Cole named one of Houston Chronicle’s Woman of Distinction. The 2016 Houston Business Journal named Ms. Cole the first Women in Energy Lifetime Achievement Recipient.