ARLINGTON MARBLE - Key Persons

Gene Johnson founded Arlington Marble in 1972, after spending several years traveling across the United States and internationally, helping start-up cultured marble shops as an emerging technology for vanities, tubs, showers and countertops. The advancement of cultured marble brought new options for color, style and selection to kitchen countertops, vanities, bathtubs and showers and Gene Johnson was one of the early pioneers for the industry. In fact, Gene and his father, Fred Johnson, designed and built the first monolithic-pour cultured marble bathtub and began to market the product in the late 70's. The original tub mold still exists today. Arlington Marble grew into one of the largest providers of vanities, tubs and showers in the DFW metroplex, and in the late 80's and early 90's, more than 6 smaller start-up companies were formed out of the original Arlington Marble Inc business team, and Gene helped most of them get up and running. In the early 1990's Gene's son, Chris Johnson, took over the business and expanded the product line to include natural and engineered stone slabs for kitchen countertops and also included and a variety of repair/remodel services.