justin headquarters fort worth texas united states website justinboots.com justin boots is an american western and equine footwear brand . it is a division of justin brands itself owned by berkshire hathaway . other brands are tony lama boots nocona boots chippewa boots and justin original workboots . 1 contents 1 early history 2 support for rodeo 3 external justin boots links 4 references early history edit h.j. joe justin started repairing boots in gainesville texas . after receiving a loan to purchase materials he began making his own cowboy boots . justin was an early user of decorative stitching incorporating rows of stitches across the boot tops as a means of stiffening the leather preventing it from folding around the ankles . 2 in 1887 justin married louanna annie allen . in the early 1890s annie justin developed a self measuring kit making it possible for customers to order the company s products by mail . 3 when a railroad was built in nocona texas in 1889 the justins moved there to capitalize on the larger market opportunity . joe and annie had seven children three sons and four daughters who each helped with the family business . in 1908 justin told his two oldest sons john and earl that they would become equal partners in the family business . he then changed the name of his boot company to h.j. justin & sons . citation needed the justins moved the business to fort worth texas in 1925 . 4 in 1947 annual sales reached 1 million . three years later joe s grandson john justin jr. bought out the company s stock and gained control of the company . on nov. 3 1950 john jr. became vice president and general manager of h.j. justin & sons inc. the company merged with acme brick company in 1968 to become first worth corporation . in 1972 john justin jr. was elected president and chairman of the board and the company s name officially changed to justin industries inc. nocona boot company became part of justin industries when john justin purchased the controlling shares from his aunt enid justin in 1981 . in 1984 the company acquired chippewa shoe company . in 1990 justin industries purchased competitor tony lama boots . in 1999 john justin stepped down from his role as chairman of the board of justin industries inc. and in 2000 the board of directors for justin industries approved the sale of the company to warren buffett and the berkshire hathaway corp. 5 support for rodeo edit justin boots supports professional cowboys through the justin sportsmedicine team and the justin cowboy crisis fund . the justin sportsmedicine team made its debut at the national finals rodeo in 1980 and provides emergency attention to injured competing athletes onsite . the justin cowboy crisis fund was established in 1989 to provide financial assistance to injured rodeo athletes and has since raised more than 1.1 million . citation needed external justin boots links edit official website references edit justin boots heritage . retrieved 13 february 2012 . irvin farman . standard of the west the justin story . tcu press ; october 1996 cited 14 february 2012 . isbn 978 0 87565 167 5 . p. 209 . david j. wishart 2004 . encyclopedia of the great plains . u of nebraska press . pp. 424 . isbn 978 0 8032 4787 1 . retrieved 14 february 2012 . shannon gillette 6 june 2011 . nocona . arcadia publishing . pp. 90 . isbn 978 0 7385 7997 9 . retrieved 14 february 2012 . robert g. hagstrom 13 may 2010 . the warren buffett way . john wiley and sons . pp. 98 . isbn 978 0 470 89355 5 . retrieved 14 february 2012 . companies portal v t e berkshire hathaway board of directors warren buffett chairman and ceo charlie munger howard graham buffett susan decker bill gates david gottesman charlotte guyman donald keough thomas murphy ronald olson walter scott jr. insurance applied underwriters berkshire hathaway assurance berkshire hathaway homestate companies kansas bankers surety company berkshire hathaway specialty insurance boatus central states indemnity gateway underwriters agency geico gen re medical protective national indemnity company guard insurance seaworthy insurance company united states liability insurance group materials and construction acme brick benjamin moore & co. charter brokerage clayton homes international metalworking companies johns manville lubrizol marmon marmon herrington procor union tank car company mitek mouser electronics precision castparts corp. shaw industries tti furniture cort business services jordan s furniture larson juhl nebraska furniture mart rc willey home furnishings star furniture apparel brooks sports fruit of the loom russell vanity fair fechheimer brothers garanimals h.h. brown shoe group acme boots justin brands louis transportation berkshire hathaway automotive burlington northern santa fe corporation flightsafety international forest river marquis jet mclane netjets netjets europe utlx xtra lease food ctb international international dairy queen dairy queen karmelkorn orange julius kraft heinz the pampered chef see s candies media the buffalo news business wire bh media bristol herald courier culpeper star exponent the daily nonpareil danville register & bee dothan eagle eden daily news the eagle enterprise ledger grand island independent hickory daily record independent tribune jackson county floridan kearney hub martinsville bulletin the morning news nelson county times news & record news & messenger north platte telegraph omaha world herald opelika auburn news the press of atlantic city roanoke times richmond times dispatch star herald statesville record & landmark the daily progress the free lance star the mcdowell news the news & advance the news herald the news virginian the reidsville review tulsa world waco tribune herald winston salem journal york news times wplg jewelry ben bridge jeweler borsheim s fine jewelry helzberg diamonds richline group scott fetzer campbell hausfeld ginsu kirby world book encyclopedia energy midamerican energy company nv energy pacificorp northern powergrid calenergy generation kern river gas transmission company northern natural gas homeservices of america other duracell oriental trading company related articles blue chip stamps wesco financial owned assets category retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title justin boots & oldid 743812270 categories berkshire hathawaycompanies based in fort worth texasshoe companies of the united statesleather manufacturers1979 establishments in the united stateshidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from april 2012 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 11 october 2016 at 11 44 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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