Joint Base was originally founded in Hong Kong in 1995 as a Steel Manufacturer. It remains a privately held company, owned by the Kim Family from South Korea, with headquarters in Hong Kong..
In 2004, Dal Kim the oldest son, added an Apparel Division. He ran and grew the business, until receiving a fateful cancer diagnosis in 2007. Prior to succumbing to cancer, Dal contacted his college friend from Seattle University, Larry Hagen who was a Sr. Executive in the apparel industry at that time. Dal and the Kim Family convinced Larry to become the CEO of "Joint Base Ltd" and drive the development of a world-wide apparel Brand..
Since 2008, Larry has substantially grown the Joint Base apparel manufacturing and supplier business to include retailers Internationally.. Revenue has grown from $160M to over $1B due to Larry's leadership. The Joint Base brand, is now known throughout the world, and is respected for producing high quality merchandise for the apparel and uniform industries.
In 2018 Larry was elected Acting Chairman/CEO by the Board of Directors, and in 2020 during COVID, Joint Base Ltd., began operating as Joint Base International Holdings, Ltd.. At that time, Larry relinquished his CEO responsibilities of running the daily operations of the business. In February 2022 Larry was elected Chairman and CEO for another two-year term, and he has actively been mentoring two Kim family members to replace him, at a time yet to be determined.
Plans are currently underway to relocate the corporate headquarters, to Uxbridge England in 2023-2024.
