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

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known 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

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Richard DeVos	Business	4-Mar-1926		Co-Founder of Amway

EMPLOYMENT

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known 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

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Alexander Haig	Government	2-Dec-1924	20-Feb-2010	US Secretary of State, 1981-82

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