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Amway Corp. (short for "American Way") is an American multi-level marketing (MLM) company that sells health, beauty, and home care products. [2] [3] [4] The company was founded in 1959 by Jay Van Andel and Richard DeVos and is based in Ada, Michigan. [5] Amway and its sister companies under Alticor reported sales of $8.9 billion in 2019. [1]
Amway North America (formerly known as Quixtar North America) is an American worldwide multi-level marketing (MLM) company, founded 1959 in Ada, Michigan, United States. It is privately owned by the families of Richard DeVos and Jay Van Andel through Alticor which is the holding company for businesses including Amway, Amway Global, Fulton Innovation, Amway Hotel Corporation, Hatteras Yachts ...
Headquarters in Ada, Michigan. Alticor is a privately owned American corporation run by the DeVos and Van Andel families. [5] It was established in 1999 to serve as the parent company for a handful of business ventures, most notably the multi-level marketing company Amway and Amway Global, and a manufacturing and distribution company, Access Business Group.
[84] [85] [86] In 2011, the AFP Foundation received $3 million from the foundation of the family of billionaire Richard DeVos, the founder of Amway, making the DeVos family the second largest identifiable donor to the AFP Foundation. [84] [87] In 2010, AFP received half a million dollars from the Bradley Foundation.
Dick DeVos — chief executive officer of Amway; Richard DeVos — co-founder of Amway [6] Keith DeVries — archaeologist; Anthony Diekema — former president of Calvin College [7] Gerald Rudolff Ford — businessman; chairman of Kent County Republican Committee; stepfather of Gerald Ford; Arnold Gingrich — founder of Esquire magazine
Peter Island is the largest private island in the BVI and the fifth largest of the 60 islands, quays, and exposed reefs that comprise the BVI. It was owned by the Amway Corporation from 1978 [6] until 2001 when full ownership was transferred to the Van Andel family, co-owners of Amway. [7]
The founding family's aim was to gain access to the company's books to make a final offer in the coming weeks, business newspaper Cinco Dias reported on Sunday, adding that Lazard was the sole ...
Amway Grand Plaza Hotel is located in Grand Rapids, Michigan and is named after Amway Corporation, which is based in nearby Ada Township.. Originally known as The Pantlind Hotel (founded in 1913), the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel reopened in 1981 after extensive renovations done by Marvin DeWinter & Associates, including the addition of a 29-story glass tower.