\nJay Van Andel s-a n\u0103scut pe 3 iunie 1924 \u00een Grand Rapids, Michigan, \u00een familia lui James \u015fi a Petronillei Van Andel. P\u0103rin\u0163ii s\u0103i, de origine olandez\u0103, imigraser\u0103 \u00een America \u00een anul 1909. El a urmat cursurile Universit\u0103\u0163ii Calvin, absolvind totodat\u0103 \u015fi \u015ecoala de Business Pratt din Kansas. \u00cen timpul celui de-al doilea r\u0103zboi mondial, antreprenorul a servit ca ofi\u0163er \u00een For\u0163ele Aeriene ale Armatei Statelor Unite.<\/p>\n
\n\u00cen prim\u0103vara anului 1951 Van Andel a cunoscut-o pe Betty Jean Hoekstra, cu care s-a c\u0103s\u0103torit un an mai t\u00e2rziu, pe 16 august. Cei doi au fondat, \u00een 1996, Van Andel Institute, dedicat cercet\u0103rilor pentru diverse boli.<\/p>\n
\nVan Andel a intrat \u00een lumea antreprenoriatului \u00een 1949, al\u0103turi de un fost coleg de facultate, Marvin DeVos. Pe 9 noiembrie 1959, ei au \u00eenceput un business de tip multi-level marketing, sub numele de American Way Association.<\/p>\n
\nRichard Marvin DeVos s-a n\u0103scut pe 4 martie 1926 \u00een Grand Rapids, Michigan, \u00een familia lui Ethel Ruth \u015fi a lui Simon Cornelius DeVos. \u00cen paralel cu activitatea antreprenorial\u0103, el a scris \u015fi o serie de c\u0103r\u0163i, printre care Compassionate Capitalism, Hope From My Heart: Ten Lessons For Life, \u00een care a descris experien\u0163a unui transplant de inim\u0103 pe care l-a suferit \u00een 1997, urmat de alte dou\u0103 opera\u0163ii, iar \u00een 2014 \u015fi-a scris memoriile \u00eentr-o carte intitulat\u0103 Simply Rich. DeVos a de\u0163inut \u015fi cinci echipe de baschet, printre care Orlando Magic, pe care a cump\u0103rat-o \u00een 1991 cu 85 de milioane de dolari. \u00cen 2012, revista Forbes l-a numit a 60-a cea mai bogat\u0103 persoan\u0103 din SUA, cu o avere estimat\u0103 la 5,1 miliarde de dolari. DeVos a avut patru copii: Dan, Richard Jr., Cheri \u015fi Doug. El \u015fi so\u0163ia sa au fost cunoscu\u0163i pentru actele filantropice din domeniul educa\u0163iei, s\u0103n\u0103t\u0103\u0163ii, artelor \u015fi istoriei, \u00een acest sens ei deschiz\u00e2nd o serie de centre de cercetare, educa\u0163ie \u015fi sport.<\/p>\n
\n\u00cen 1960 a fost deschis\u0103 prima cl\u0103dire de birouri a companiei, antreprenorii lu\u00e2nd totodat\u0103 decizia de a schimba numele businessului \u00een Amway Sales Corporation. \u00cen acela\u015fi an, cei doi au achizi\u0163ionat o cot\u0103 de 50% din compania Atco Manufacturing Company din Detroit, schimb\u00e2ndu-i numele \u00een Amway Manufacturing Corporation; \u00een 1964, Amway Sales Corporation, Amway Services Corporation \u015fi Amway Manufacturing Corporation s-au contopit, form\u00e2nd Amway Corporation.<\/p>\n
\nCompania \u015fi-a \u00eenceput expansiunea interna\u0163ional\u0103 \u00een 1962, deschiz\u00e2nd un birou \u00een Ontario, Canada, intr\u00e2nd apoi \u00een Australia (1971), Europa (1973), Asia (1974) \u015fi Africa (1997). \u00cen 2018, Forbes a clasat Amway pe locul 42 \u00een topul celor mai mari companii private (nelistate la burs\u0103) din SUA, businessul ocup\u00e2nd, \u00een acela\u015fi an, primul loc \u00een topul primelor 100 cele mai mari companii, realizat de Direct Selling News.<\/p>\n
\nVan Andel a murit \u00een anul 2004, iar DeVos a murit pe 6 septembrie 2018, \u00een Ada, Michigan, la v\u00e2rsta de 92 de ani.<\/p>\n
\nPrezent\u0103 \u00een peste 100 de \u0163\u0103ri, compania Amway a \u00eenregistrat anul trecut venituri de 8,8 miliarde de dolari.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Prieteni \u00eenc\u0103 din facultate, antreprenorii Jay Van Andel \u015fi Richard Marvin DeVos au decis s\u0103 \u00ee\u015fi pun\u0103 amici\u0163ia drept temelie pentru fondarea companiei Amway. Peste ani, aceasta avea s\u0103 devin\u0103 unul dintre cele mai importante businessuri de tip multi-level marketing din lume, cu venituri anuale de aproximativ 9 miliarde de dolari.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[510],"tags":[255,235,272,9108,12825,10358,4669,303,7178,19480,161,15179,6909],"class_list":["post-177221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-actualitate","tag-antreprenori","tag-business","tag-companie","tag-decizie","tag-drept","tag-facultate","tag-familie","tag-important","tag-marketing","tag-michigan","tag-miliarde","tag-prieteni","tag-venituri"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=177221"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177221\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":177243,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177221\/revisions\/177243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=177221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=177221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=177221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}