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Jean Evelyn Nidetch (October 12, 1923 – April 29, 2015) was an American businessperson and the founder of Weight Watchers. She died on April 29, 2015, of natural causes at her home in Parkland, Florida , at the age of 91.
Jean Nidetch, a housewife and mother living in Queens, New York City, conceived the original Weight Watchers diet and program in the 1960s, after her dissatisfaction with other weight loss programs, all of which failed except the "Prudent Diet", a diet developed in the 1950s by Dr. Norman Jolliffe, head of the New York City Board of Health's Bureau of Nutrition.
Weight Watchers' founder Jean Nidetch was the company's President from 1963–1973. [37] Al Lippert was CEO of Weight Watchers from 1963–1981. [50] From 1978–1999, Weight Watchers was a subsidiary of Heinz. Charles M. Berger was CEO of Weight Watchers from 1982–1994, [201] [202] having previously been its President.
Over the past 12 months, Weight Watchers International generated $292.7 million cash while it booked net income of $285.9 million. That means it turned 16.1% of its revenue into FCF. That sounds ...
Critics say one of the biggest reasons why Weight Watchers is hurting is because it simply can't compete like it once did. The program is arguably still a titan in the $60 billion weight loss ...
Sim G. learned portion control via Weight Watchers, and cut added sugar. She also became more active with the help of Stepbet and lost over 100 pounds.
English: Jean Nidetch, founder of Weight Watchers. Date: between 1970 and 1980. Source: Library of Congress This image is available from the United States Library of ...
WeightWatchers' CEO of roughly two years, Sima Sistani, is out. She helped push the company into the white-hot weight-loss drug space. Its interim chief said the company was in a critical period ...