Forever Young with Young Corporation

Over the past 35 years, Young Corporation has grown to include over 1,000 associates in 9 countries around the world and representing 8 brands

From a young age, Philip Young had a fascination and intense curiosity for engineering. For him, taking apart a toy to understand its mechanics and imagining a better way for it to run was always more fun than playing with it. It was this curiosity that led him to his father’s workshop where he soon mastered the many wood-working tools kept there. When approached with a commission for custom furniture, Philip seized the opportunity and, in 1986, formed his first company, Sarana Jupiter Utama. Little did he know that this was the beginning of a 35-year journey.

Ten years after starting his first business – and having established a presence in markets from Asia to Europe to Africa – Philip turned his attention to the United States. In November of 1996 he opened his first U.S. office in California. Two years later, with his family by his side, Philip would make California his new home. It was also in 1996, a mere decade after it all began, that he established Young Corporation, thereby bringing together under one umbrella the many companies opened over the years and providing a platform for future growth.

Young Corporation quickly expanded its client base to include the hospitality, multi-family and housing sectors. The group’s product range also grew beyond cabinets to include countertops, flooring and lighting. As part of its continued global drive, Young Corporation also opened new offices in the U.K., Ukraine, Egypt, Canada, Mexico and South Africa, adding to those already established in China and Indonesia.

With sights firmly set on a leading national presence in the U.S., Young Corporation has begun the expansion of its domestic production capacity with investing in state-of-the-art machinery. Building on the many years it spent in the development sector, Young Corporation will begin the first of many of its own property developments. Four properties have already been acquired, including new residential construction, historic renovations, light industrial business parks and plans for expansions at existing properties.

As Young Corporation looks to the next 15 years, the group continues to strive towards becoming a leading name in the industry as it also endeavours to achieve its stated goal of “a Billion Dollar Global Turnover.”

“I aim to be a leader in what I do, never a follower. It is only by building an end-to-end ecosystem that we are able to produce the products aligned to our vision, while keeping the pricing affordable, and ensuring the supplies can meet the demands,” Philip said.