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  • ️Wed Dec 17 2008
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COMPANY

Founded in 1959 as Ja-Ri Corporation by Jay Van Andel and Richard DeVos. Renamed Amway (for "the American Way") in 1963. Since 1999 Amway has been a subsidiary of the holding company Alticor.

Official Website:
http://www.amway.com/

Industry:
Retail

Corporate headquarters:
Ada, MI

EXECUTIVES

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Betsy DeVos Activist c. 1958   Wife of Dick DeVos
Daniel DeVos Business c. 1958   Amway scion
Dick DeVos Business 21-Oct-1955   Amway scion
Doug DeVos Business c. 1964   CEO of Alticor
Richard DeVos Business 4-Mar-1926   Co-Founder of Amway
Steve Van Andel Business c. 1955   Amway scion
Jay Van Andel Business 3-Jun-1924 7-Dec-2004 Amway billionaire

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Richard DeVos Business 4-Mar-1926   Co-Founder of Amway

EMPLOYMENT

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Paul Bernardo Criminal 27-Aug-1964   Husband/wife serial killer team
John Ensign Politician 25-Mar-1958   US Senator from Nevada, 2001-11
H. Guy Hunt Politician 17-Jun-1933 30-Jan-2009 Governor of Alabama, 1987-93
Sue Myrick Politician 1-Aug-1941   Congresswoman, North Carolina 9th
Kevin Trudeau Author 6-Feb-1963   Natural Cures, fraudster
Randy Weaver Victim 3-Jan-1948   Ruby Ridge Incident

EXTRANEOUS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Alexander Haig Government 2-Dec-1924 20-Feb-2010 US Secretary of State, 1981-82

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