Network marketing or mlm as it is known to many today is a very lucrative industry. Who or which company started network marketing really depends who you talk to or what company you are affiliated with. In 1999, network marketing lifestyles published a chronological history of Amway, the best known name brand in the industry. Most of the network marketing companies in existence today all have imitated Amway’s leadership development, compensation plans, marketing methods and sales plans but it funny how many of these same companies say things that are totally outside of Amway’s core values. Amway is a multi-billion dollar company and debt free while most of others don’t survive their first five years.
The chronology points to Carl Rehnborg as the father of network marketing. As early as 1915, while working in China as a manfacturer’s sale agent, Rehnborg was studying the effects of diets and nutrition on health. Continuing his research when he returned to the United States, in 1934 Rehnborg launched california vitamins which is known today as nutrilite. Nutrilite sells multivitamin and mineral food supplements worldwide today. Rehnborg, his neighbor Dr. Castleberry and Lee Maytinger, a sales manager, added a multi-level compensation plan to the company in 1945, and this was the birth of network marketing.
In 1949, Rich DeVos and Jay Van Andel, who went to high school together in Grand Rapids, Michigan, signed up as nutrilite distributors. They became very successful as a team, and in 1958, they realized they could teach others how to build their own businesses as network marketers. Rich and Jay Van Andel decided to establish a major company called the American Way Association. This company today is amway. A true pioneer, a real American success story, and the architect of this industry. With so many Americans not knowing the true values and history of Amway, it had being misunderstood and discredited by her critiques. Amway is located in over 80 countries today according to 2007 statistics. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amway_Global. Network marketing is a big force providing financial freedom to countless individual and families world wide.
The annual revenue of in the U.S alone is 30 billions and 800 millions. Distributors in the U.S are 15,100,000. Worldwide annual sales is $110 billions, and distributors are 62, 494, 361 according to: http://www.businessforhome.org/mlm-500-companies-revenue/mlm-500-countries-revenue/ 2007 statistics. How would you like to be part of such a multi billion dollars industry? Do your research and go with your instinct whether you want to create your own financial freedom or not.
In conclusion, network marketing is a great business and a true American success story. Carl Rehnborg of the nutrilite brand, Rich DeVos and Jay Van Andel of the amway brand have been in the full front of creating an industry that is known to mankind for creating more millionaires than any other business model ever created. They have helped many to financial freedom doing just that. This is an overview of what network marketing is really about. The success stories continue.
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