Something to Celebrate

Independence Day usually falls in July, but for Kevin Baker, president and founder of Florida Business Interiors, this year it falls in December. “We're actually breaking away from our parent company,” he says. “We're becoming completely independent.”

Baker was able to buy out his partners in a transaction that will be final Dec. 28., he says. He declined to disclose the terms. The office furniture company, which he founded in 2007, will carry on with business as usual, and without a name change, says Baker.

Its work force of 13 employees may increase slightly, but no major expansion is planned. “It really doesn't change the way we go to market or anything,” says Baker. “It's a peace-of-mind move. It's kind of my step toward long-term financial stability.”