Company Name: Amway Global Company Homepage: Amway Global Business Type: Health and Beauty Date business was established: 1959 Headquarters: Grand Rapids, Michigan Annual Revenue in 2008: $8 billion See More MLM Reports Notes: Formerly known as Quixtar North America, it is a multi-level marketing company that operates in over 80 countries in the world. The Alticor corporation umbrella's both Amway and Quixtar. Quixtar handles all North American business whereas Amway is in charge of the rest of the world.

Jay Van Andel and Richard DeVos founded Amway in 1959, just 50 years ago.  Amway’s history is quite extensive, as the founders operated several companies at once to produce profits.  Today, Amway continues this tradition and many companies make up this corporation.  One of the oldest brands / lines, which Amway carries and distributes is Nutrilite—the first product line Andel and DeVos ever started selling.  This multi-level marketing company directly sells a variety of products, including home care, personal care, jewelry, electronics, supplements, cosmetics, insurance, air purifiers and water purifiers.  However, health and beauty are said to make up the largest amount of global sales.  This MLM operates in more than 90 countries and territories around the world, and was said to gross more than $8.2 billion in annual sales. Currently, as of the end of the 2009 fiscal year, Amway ranked #2 by Nexera for its GPR (Google Page Rank) of 6, AR (Alexa Rank), and its GT (Google Trend).  This massive company also took 8th overall place, when compared to other multi-level marketing companies, based on its low Alexa ...