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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]
Richard Marvin DeVos Sr. [1] (March 4, 1926 – September 6, 2018) was an American billionaire businessman, co-founder of Amway with Jay Van Andel (company restructured as Alticor in 2000), and owner of the Orlando Magic basketball team.
Today, Amway is a direct selling multinational company that sells a variety of health, beauty, and home care products. Amway went on to become the largest direct selling company in the world. [11] Amway corporate reports that in 2019, they have over 3 million independent business owners (IBO's) in over 100 countries. [12]
The prime minister of Japan is the country's head of government and the leader of the Cabinet. This is a list of prime ministers of Japan, from when the first Japanese prime minister (in the modern sense), Itō Hirobumi, took office in 1885, until the present day. 32 prime ministers under the Meiji Constitution had a mandate from the Emperor.
DeVos started at Amway early in his working career, and took on various responsibilities and roles before being named president in 2002. [6] Doug DeVos is the brother of Dick DeVos, and brother-in-law to Betsy DeVos, who was the Secretary of Education in the Trump Administration, from 2017 to 2021.
Richard Marvin DeVos Jr. (/ d ə ˈ v ɒ s / də-VOSS; born October 21, 1955) is an American businessman, author, and former politician.The son of Amway co-founder Richard DeVos, he was CEO of the multi-level marketing company from 1993 to 2002.
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.
Fumio Kishida (Japanese: 岸田 文雄; born 29 July 1957) is a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Liberal Democratic Party from 2021 to 2024. He has been a member of the House of Representatives in the National Diet since 1993.