Amway Fact Sheet - MultiVu

AMWAY // FACT SHEET

FACTS

AMWAY IS ONE OF THE WORLD’S LARGEST DIRECT SELLING COMPANIES. FOUNDED IN 1959 BY JAY VAN ANDEL AND RICH DEVOS, AMWAY OPERATES IN MORE THAN 100 COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES IN ASIA, AFRICA, AUSTRALIA, EUROPE AND THE AMERICAS. PEOPLE

LEGACY

Amway has more than 21,000 employees around the world. In addition, more than 3 million Amway distributors sell the company’s products worldwide.

In 1959, Amway launched a business model fueled by the power of relationships. The original product offered in this model was Liquid Organic Cleaner (L.O.C.™), one of the first concentrated, bio-degradable and environmentally friendly cleaning products. Since then, Amway has become a global leader in the categories of nutrition, beauty and home.

BRANDS AND PRODUCTS More than 450 unique, high-quality products carry the Amway name in the nutrition, beauty and home categories. Top-selling Amway™ brands include:

EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP

• NUTRILITE™, the world’s number one selling vitamins and dietary supplements brand.*

Amway, and parent company Alticor, are led by Steve Van Andel as chairman and Doug DeVos as president. Both have led key business and industry organizations, such as the World Federation of Direct Selling Associations, the Direct Selling Educational Foundation and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The National Chamber Foundation has featured Van Andel in its CEO Leadership Series. DeVos is a member of the Wall Street Journal CEO Council.

• ARTISTRY™, among the world’s top five largest-selling premium skin care brands.* • eSpring™, the world’s largest selling brand of kitchen water treatment systems.**

*Source: Euromonitor International limited; www.euromonitor.com/amway-claims ** Based on a Verify Markets study of 2011 global sales

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FACILITIES

CITIZENSHIP

Amway World Headquarters, which spans an area of more than 3 million square feet, is located in Ada, Michigan, United States. The company and its affiliates own, manage and operate:

The AMWAY ONE BY ONE™ Campaign for Children rallies the resources of Amway distributors and employees around the world to make a difference in the lives of children in every market where the company conducts business. Since AMWAY ONE BY ONE launched in 2003, it has provided hope and opportunity to 10 million children and donated USD$190 million to children's causes worldwide. The number of employee and distributor volunteer hours logged since 2003 totals nearly 2.7 million. blogs.amway.com/onebyone

• Manufacturing facilities in Ada, Michigan and Buena Park, California, United States; Guangzhou, China and Bien Hoa, Dong Nai, Vietnam • Organically certified farms for growing food supplement ingredients in Trout Lake Farms, Washington and Lakeview, California, United States; Jalisco, Mexico and Ubajara, Brazil

PARENT COMPANY

• Distribution facilities in Ada, Michigan, United States; Venlo, the Netherlands and Busan, Korea

Alticor, the parent company of Amway, connects entrepreneurs around the globe with unparalleled opportunity and consumers with premier products. Alticor businesses had combined 2012 sales of USD$11.3 billion. www.alticor.com

• Regional shared service centers in San José, Costa Rica; Cyberjaya, Selangor, Malaysia and Zabierzow, Poland

SALES

DIRECT SELLING INDUSTRY INVOLVEMENT

Amway sales in 2012 were divided into the following product categories:

Amway is a prominent and active member of regional and national direct selling associations worldwide.

• Nutrition — 46%

Company executives hold more than 50 industry leadership positions and the company belongs to more than 60 regional Direct Selling Association organizations.

• Home — 22%

• Beauty — 26% • Other — 6%

WEBSITE

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY

globalnews.amway.com

Amway offers one of the world's leading business models for entrepreneurs looking for more time, money and flexibility. The AMWAY™ business opportunity includes a multi-level marketing compensation plan, which rewards distributors for selling our nutrition, beauty and home products and, if they choose, teaching others to do the same. Amway supports distributors at all levels of experience with award-winning training programs that can help them succeed in every aspect of the business.

AMWAY

7575 FULTON STREET EAST, ADA MI 49355-0001

U.S.

GLOBALNEWS.AMWAY.COM // +1 616.787.7565 (EASTERN TIME)