Posted on 12/07/2004 1:04:29 PM PST by Pest
Amway Co-Founder Jay Van Andel Dies Tuesday, December 07, 2004 GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Jay Van Andel (search), the co-founder of Amway Corp. (search) who helped parlay neighborhood soap sales into a billion-dollar business and later became a leading philanthropist for conservative causes, has died.
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Multi-Level Marketing bump.
Hope this doesn't mean that two people under him now die, and the two people underneath each of them, and the two people underneath each of them, and so on, and son on, and so on . . . . : )
LOL
I wonder if he tried to trick his friends and neighbors into dying too.
From the article:
The Federal Trade Commission (search) charged in 1969 that the Ada-based company was an illegal pyramid, but ruled after a six-year investigation that it wasn't.
LOL! Beat me to it! :)
LOL!
Sad to hear this. I was in Amway once upon a time and though it's not for me I got to know some of the best people I've ever had the chance to know through it. I feel the people were a reflection of the founders, Rich DeVos and Jay Van Andel, two men who I have always had a high level of respect for. May Jay rest in peace and may God comfort his family and the DeVos family.
At least he lasted longer than teh founder of Herbalife.. Mark Hughes.
Oh! that's TERRIBLE!!
lol
Too bad...he was a giant in this area. Very generous with his wealth.
Geometric Degression?
It's a huge story here in Grand Rapids. Jay Van Andel was a philanthropist and furthered the cause of the Republican party. He was also a veteran.
The Van Andel's and De Vos' are top-rate people. I think that we shouldn't joke about Jay's death, no matter what one may think about Amway or multi-level marketing. May he rest in peace, and I pray that God will comfort his family during their time of grief.
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