Steve S. Hong

Vice Chairman of the Board

Steve is the President/CEO and owner of United Fabricare Supply Inc., the largest wholesale dry cleaning, laundry, and dyestuff supplier in the U.S. He established the Compton-based company in 1983. Since then, he has also established the following companies involved in laundry supply and dry cleaning: United Cleaner Supply, Inc., Poway, CA (chartered in 1993); United Cleaner Supply, Inc., Henderson, NV (chartered in 1996); and HK Imperial Cleaners, Inc., Los Angeles, CA (chartered in 1998). He is an active member of the Los Angeles community and serves on the Board of Directors of L.A. County Sheriff Youth Foundation. He was named 2003 Entrepreneur of the Year by the Korean American Chamber of Commerce in Los Angeles. Steve obtained his BA from Yonsei University in Seoul, Korea and also attended Gannon University in Erie, PA.