Zija International is thrilled to announce the company’s Founder, Ken Brailsford, will be resuming his position as Chief Executive Officer.
After taking time to grow several of his other businesses, he is eager to work alongside Zija President, Ryan Palmer, to achieve goals set in place by Ryan and the executive team.
“I’m looking forward to being in a more hands-on role for a company that I feel so passionately about,”
Ken said.
“Because of Ryan’s guidance, Zija has been able to maintain consistent and sustainable growth and I’m excited to see where we can take the company working alongside one another.”
Long before Zija became a household name, Ken had already successfully started and run two multi-million-dollar health and nutrition network marketing companies. After learning of Moringa oleifera in 2005, Ken came out of retirement and founded Zija International—one of the first companies to bring Moringa to market.
Ken’s love for the network marketing industry stems from the desire to help others obtain a life they’ve always dreamed of—what Zija has coined, a Life Unlimited. His companies have supplied hundreds of thousands of individuals with income, products, and relationships that wouldn’t have been possible otherwise.
“There isn’t anyone more qualified than Ken Brailsford to materialize
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Isagenix Appoints Travis Ogden As CEO
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Isagenix International, a global health and wellness company providing nutrition and lifestyle solutions, has announced key executive promotions that position the organization for continued excellence and growth worldwide, including naming Travis Ogden as the company’s chief executive officer.
The CEO position was most recently held by Co-Founder and Chairman Jim Coover.
Coover made the announcement at the company’s New Year Kick Off event in Phoenix before a sold-out crowd of nearly 5,000 independent distributors.
“I’m not stepping down or stepping aside, but rather focusing on my duties as chairman of the Isagenix Board while Travis steps into a pivotal role and helps us take Isagenix to the next level,”
Coover said.
“Travis has proven himself time and again in the past two years. His strategic leadership has earned not only my respect, but also the respect of our nearly 1,000 employees and the thousands of independent distributors who share our transformational products with customers around the world.
I am confident Travis will be an exceptional CEO.”
Ogden joined Isagenix in 2016 as president and chief operating officer. He has been an integral part of the executive leadership team, helping refine operations so Isagenix can achieve its goal of becoming the world’s largest, most respected health and
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Modere Appoints Asma Ishaq As CEO
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Modere, a healthy, safe and clean-lifestyle brand of dietary supplements, household and personal-care products with a presence worldwide, today announced that Asma Ishaq, the President of the company’s Collagen Sciences division and its Chief Industry Relations Officer, will become Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective immediately.
Modere is a Triple A classified opportunity by Business For Home, the top rank.
She succeeds Robert S. Conlee, who will become the company’s Chairman.
Ms. Ishaq has significant experience in skincare and nutritional supplement manufacturing, product development and formulation, across multiple distribution channels. Ms. Ishaq has served the direct-selling channel on the DSA Board of Directors, the nutrition industry as a Committee Member on the Council of Responsible Nutrition and the personal care industry as an advisory panel member of the International Fragrance Association of North America (IFRANA).
Ms. Ishaq is also a celebrated speaker who has spoken at dozens of conferences and appeared on TV and radio programs. She earned her B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley, and, as a Ben F. Love scholar, received a dual M.B.A. in finance and marketing from Rice University.
Throughout her extensive career, Ms. Ishaq has maintained a clear vision to establish innovative concepts in health and beauty. Co-founding Jusuru International Inc. in 2009,
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4Life Named Danny Lee As CEO
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4Life named Danny Lee as the company’s new President and CEO.
Steve Tew, who has served as President since 2004 and CEO since 2014, has been appointed Vice Chairman of the Board.
Under Tew’s leadership, 4Life has opened offices in more than 20 countries and become one of the largest direct selling companies in the world.
Lee began at 4Life in 2008 as Chief Operating Officer. In 2015, he assumed the role of Chief Marketing Officer. During his years at 4Life, Lee has helped improve 4Life Transfer Factor® quality and manufacturing, executive marketing initiatives, and customer service practices.
Prior to 4Life, Lee worked at Overstock™ as Senior Vice President of Merchandising as well as Vice President of Finance and Controller. Lee graduated magna cum laude from the University of Utah with dual degrees in accounting and finance. Lee and his wife Tara have five children between the ages of 7 and 18.
Tew:
“I have the utmost confidence in passing the responsibility of this office to Danny, whom I’ve known and worked with closely for many years.
He has continually demonstrated tremendous leadership skills and is one of the most talented individuals I have ever known. Danny is the right person to continue leading 4Life in
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Oriflame CEO Magnus Brannstrom Named Chairman Of The World Federation Of Direct Selling Associations
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The World Federation of Direct Selling Associations (WFDSA), a global trade organization representing more than 60 national direct selling associations, today announced Oriflame CEO and President Magnus Brännström will serve as the organization’s Chairman through October 2020.
Brännström assumes the role of Chairman from Doug DeVos, President of Amway.
“I am very honoured and privileged to serve the direct selling industry as Chairman of the World Federation of Direct Selling Associations during these exciting times. The world is going through digital transformation.
I believe the direct selling, with its communities of people united by a joint purpose, is more relevant than ever for empowering entrepreneurship through offering quality products and services.
I look forward to continue to build and develop on my predecessors’ long legacy of improving the standards of the global direct selling industry,”
said Magnus Brännström.
Previously Brännström was the Vice Chairman of WFDSA. He also held the position as Chairman of SELDIA, the European Direct Selling Association.
“It’s been a tremendous honour to serve as Chairman of WFDSA for the past three years. None of our goals could have been accomplished without strong partnerships and the support of the direct selling associations around the world”,
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Gold Canyon Appoints A.K. Khalil As CEO
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Gold Canyon International, LLC , the world’s foremost expert on specialty fragranced products and styled accessories, announced today the appointment of its new President and CEO, A.K. Khalil.
A.K.’s appointment marks a strategic move by Gold Canyon’s ownership to bring on an energetic change agent, a leader, and a visionary who has 18 years of hands-on experience as a distributor, consultant and corporate executive.
“If I had one word to describe A.K., it would be pure energy,”
said John Makoff, Gold Canyon’s Managing Board Member.
“Within two minutes of being around him, you immediately begin to feel your energy and excitement being lifted. Couple that with his unique ability to create a clear vision for the future, and excellence in leadership, sales, training and marketing, and we believe Gold Canyon has literally struck gold.”
A University of Michigan graduate, A.K. has spent the last five years serving as President of what was then an early stage direct selling company. With his strategic and tactical leadership, the company soon become a top 100 direct selling company with annual revenues exceeding 100 million.
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Ex CEO Max International Pleads Guilty To Tax Evasion
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According to an article in the Deseret News:
The former CEO of a Utah-based nutrition supplement company pleaded guilty Thursday to tax evasion.
Peter Nordberg, 61, was indicted by a federal grand jury in January with two counts of attempted income tax evasion, each carrying a statutory minimum sentence of five years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one of the counts Thursday, admitting to not paying $275,790 in taxes over two years.
The second count will be dismissed at a sentencing hearing Nov. 30, according to court documents.
Between September 2007 and December 2011, Nordberg served as the chief executive officer of Max International, a Utah-based multilevel marketing company that manufactures and sells nutritional supplements.
In addition to his annual salary of $331,336 in 2009, Nordberg received a portion of the company’s commissions as a bonus, bringing his income to $822,647, according to the indictment.
Federal prosecutors say Nordberg, a Draper resident at the time, set up a limited liability company in Delaware under the name MAX MLM Partners and had his bonuses deposited into an associated bank account. Nordberg directed employees at Max International to report the money as non-employee compensation.
Nordberg did not report the bonus income on his taxes, according to the indictment,
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Melaleuca CEO Frank VanderSloot Idaho’s Richest Person With $1.9 Billion
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According to an article in Forbes:
Idaho might supply a third of America’s potatoes, but you won’t find its richest resident among the state’s 325,000 acres of potato fields, or even in its capital city of Boise. He’s in Idaho Falls (pop. 60,211), running one of the nation’s largest online retail companies from his headquarters four miles from downtown.
Idaho’s wealthiest person, with an estimated net worth of $1.9 billion: Frank VanderSloot, the 68-year-old founder and CEO of Melaleuca, which bills itself as “the wellness company.”
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ARIIX Honored with 6 Distinguished CEO World Awards
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Winners of the 2017 annual CEO World Awards were announced and ARIIX — THE Opportunity Company™ — received top honors, including Best Overall Company of the Year and Management Team of the Year.
The ARIIX founders, company innovations and the Jouvé™ brand were honored with six prestigious awards in total, including three gold and three silver awards, in this global competition honoring business and professional excellence.
Awards received include:
Best Overall Company of the Year, Gold
Innovative Company of the Year — Consumer Products and Services, Silver
Management Team of the Year, Gold
CEO of the Year — Fred Cooper, Gold
Executive of the Year — Mark Wilson, Silver
Products, Upgrades, and Innovation of the Year — Jouvé Skin System, Silver
“We have already been experiencing incredible things for 2017,” says ARIIX President and Founder, Mark Wilson.
“We’re setting record sales weeks in our top markets, we’ve shaken up the industry with compensation plan enhancements, and we’re about to host the largest event in ARIIX history, our World Reunion in Hong Kong.
We’re just getting started, and being honored by the CEO World Awards is just the tip of the iceberg for the recognition our innovations will be receiving this year.”
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Avon CEO Sheri McCoy Is Expected To Step Down
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According to an article in Wall Street Journal:
Sheri McCoy, the CEO of cosmetics company Avon, is reportedly expected to step down.
The Wall Street Journal, citing people familiar with the matter, reports that the 58-year-old chief executive may be retiring. The terms of her potential departure, as well as details about a replacement, are not yet known.
McCoy’s possible departure gave some investors hope, sending shares of the struggling makeup company up roughly 4.6% by the market’s close Wednesday.
The company has struggled with declining sales and a sharp downtick in its stock price in recent years. In May, Avon’s stock price dropped 22% in a single day, falling to $3.62.
That prompted two shareholders — Barington Capital Group LP and NuOrion Partners AG, which together own 3% of the company’s stock — to urge the 131-year-old cosmetics brand to look for a new CEO.
Earlier this week, Avon announced that Miguel Fernandez, a former Herbalife executive, would take over as global president in August — replacing John Higson, who is set to retire in the fall, the Wall Street Journal reported.
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