Wendy Lewis, Founder and COO of Jeunesse Global, received a Gold Award for Champion of the Year in the 2018 World Women Award in recognition of her efforts to provide a brighter future for children around the world through the company’s nonprofit foundation Jeunesse Kids.
Lewis and her husband, CEO Randy Ray, founded Jeunesse Kids in 2012 to continue the company’s mission to make a positive impact through philanthropic projects that serve children across the globe.
In 2017, Jeunesse Kids raised $1.58 million to fund initiatives around the world.
Lewis was also honored with Silver awards for Female Entrepreneur of the Year and Female Executive of the Year (for companies with 500-2,400 employees), as well Woman of the Year — Lifetime Achievement.
Jeunesse Global was honored with a Gold Award for Company Growth of the Year in recognition of $1.3 billion in annual worldwide sales, international market expansion and global product line expansions.
This is the third consecutive year Lewis and the company have been honored in the competition.
“It is quite an honor to be recognized in a competition that celebrates the success of women in business and the companies they command,”
said Lewis.
“I am proud to stand among women from such diverse industries, geographic
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Jeunesse Founder And COO Wendy Lewis Named One Of The Most Influential Women In Direct Selling
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For a third time, Wendy Lewis, the award-winning Founder and Chief Operations Officer of Jeunesse Global, has been named one of the “Direct Selling News” (DSN) Most Influential Women in Direct Selling.
DSN has created its list of highly influential female executives in direct sales three times in its history — in 2012, 2014 and 2017— and has honored Lewis each time.
DSN gave tribute to these extraordinary female leaders in a special issue published in December. The women were chosen based upon their executive leadership roles and come from companies that appear on the publication’s Global 100 list of largest direct selling companies worldwide, along with private companies that have experienced considerable growth in the past few years.
Lewis founded Jeunesse with her husband Randy Ray in 2009.
The company has appeared on the DSN Global 100 since 2012, when it made its debut at No. 82. Today, Jeunesse ranks in the top 20 global companies in the Global 100 at No. 14, and was chosen as the 2017 DSN Bravo Growth Award recipient for increasing annual sales by $1billion from 2014 through 2016.
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Jeunesse Receives Grand Stevie, Founder Wendy Lewis Collects Gold Stevie For Lifetime Achievement
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Jeunesse Global and its Founder and COO Wendy Lewis, were highly honored in the 14th Annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business, taking home a total of eight Stevie Awards, which were presented Nov. 17 at an awards celebration in New York. Jeunesse garnered a Grand Stevie Award — the program’s highest honor — for placing third among the top five award-winners in the competition.
Wendy Lewis was honored for her decades of business success with a Gold Stevie Award for Lifetime Achievement in Business. She also received four Silver Stevies for Female Executive of the Year, Female Entrepreneur of the Year, Women Helping Women and Woman of the Year.
Additionally, the company received the Gold Stevie Award for Community Involvement Program of the Year for its nonprofit foundation Jeunesse Kids, as well as a Silver Stevie award for Company of the Year.
“It’s a privilege to be recognized among the amazing women and companies who have been honored in the Stevie Awards for Women in Business,”
Lewis said.
“My sincere and heartfelt thanks go to the Stevie Awards judging panel and, most importantly, to the Jeunesse Distributors and employees across the globe who have made our success possible.”
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Jeunesse And Founder Wendy Lewis Garner Gold In Women World Awards
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Jeunesse Founder and Chief Operations Officer Wendy Lewis has been highly honored for a second year in a row in the 2017 Women World Awards, receiving three Gold awards.
Lewis was honored with Gold awards for:
Female Entrepreneur of the Year
Woman of the Year – Lifetime Achievement
Champion of the Year
As a lifelong entrepreneur, Lewis has enjoyed a long and successful career, earning a multitude of awards and accolades. Jeunesse, the global company Lewis founded with her husband Randy Ray, marks the pinnacle of her professional success to date.
As an active Founder and COO, Wendy has helped lead Jeunesse through extraordinary growth since its inception in 2009.
The company has ranked among the Inc. 500/5000 fastest-growing private companies in America for the past three years, and now ranks among the largest direct selling companies in the world. This growth earned Jeunesse a Gold award for Company of the Year — Company Growth in this year’s competition.
“I am deeply honored to be recognized in the Women World Awards and applaud the competition for recognizing successful women in business around the world. I hope any success I’ve achieved serves as inspiration to those who aspire to achieve their own success,”
said Lewis.
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Jeunesse Co-Founder Wendy Lewis Top Individual Stevie Award-Winner
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Jeunesse Co-founder and COO, Wendy Lewis has garnered six individual awards in the 13th annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business, making her the top individual award-winner among the more than 1,400 entries received, and earning Jeunesse one of just five Grand Stevie Awards conferred for the best overall body of entries in this year’s competition.
The Stevie Awards for Women in Business is a premier international awards program honoring female executives, entrepreneurs, employees and their companies.
Winners were recently announced at a gala event in New York where Lewis and Jeunesse garnered a total of seven Stevie awards:
Best Body of Entries — Grand
Maverick of the Year — Gold
Female Entrepreneur of the Year — Business Products — Gold
Woman of the Year — Industry — Silver
Lifetime Achievement — Business — Silver
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Jeunesse Founder Wendy Lewis Honored In 2016 Women World Awards
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Jeunesse Founder and Chief Operations Officer, Wendy Lewis has been honored in the 2016 Women World Awards with the Silver Award for Woman of the Year – Women Helping Women and the Bronze Award for Female Entrepreneur of the Year – Consumer Products and Services.
In addition, Jeunesse Global, the company she founded with her husband, Randy Ray, was honored with the Gold Award for Milestone of the Year for reaching the billion dollar annual sales mark in 2015 as well as the Silver Award for Company Growth of the Year – Consumer Products and Services.
Twice named one of the most influential women in direct selling and an eight-time Stevie Award winner, Lewis has served as an inspiration to thousands of women who are looking to make a difference in their lives and
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Jeunesse Closes Out February With Record $65 Million In Sales
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Jeunesse welcomes over 81,000 new Distributors in February. The company continues to surpass previous records, remaining steady on a path of unprecedented sales growth.
The company has just announced an astounding $65 million in sales revenue during the month of February, boosting combined sales figures for January and February up 148% over those months in the previous year.
This new peak in sales revenue occurred just two months after the company’s previous record month in December, 2014, when Jeunesse achieved $61 million in sales and added more than 68,000 new distributors.
The latest announcement also revealed that Jeunesse added a total of 81,252 new distributors in February alone, with over 8,000 new distributors joining on the final day of the month.
Significant growth in the US and Canada markets was particularly noteworthy. Sales
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Jeunesse Co-Founder, Wendy Lewis, Named Woman of the Year & Wins Six Stevie Awards
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After being named one of The Most Influential Women in the multi-level marketing industry by Direct Selling News for the second consecutive year, and celebrating a record-breaking 50 million-dollar month, Wendy Lewis has been named Woman of the Year in the 11th annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business.
The Stevie Awards for Women in Business are the world’s top honors for female entrepreneurs, executives, employees, and the organizations they run. All individuals and organizations worldwide are eligible to submit nominations—public and private, for-profit and non-profit, large and small.
The 2014 awards received entries from 22 nations and territories and 1,200 nominations from organizations of all shapes and sizes. Wendy won Stevie Awards in the following categories: Gold for Woman of the Year in the Industry Category, Silver for Fastest Growing Company of the Year, Silver for Maverick of the Year, Silver for the Lifetime Achievement Award, Silver for Woman of the Year in the Business Services Category, and Gold for fifth place among all nominations submitted for the Stevie Overall Achievement Award.
As Co-Founder and Chief Operations Officer at Jeunesse, Wendy makes key decisions daily to support the development of distributors in the field. By opening new markets strategically, she initiates sustainable
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Jeunesse Is No. 1 Fastest Growing DSA Company On The INC. 500
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Jeunesse Global ranked at 258 on the prestigious Inc. 500 List, officially classifying it as the fastest growing Direct Selling Association company in America. Inc. 500|5000 is an exclusive list that gives a comprehensive look at the most important segment of the economy—America’s independent entrepreneurs.
This list measures the three year revenue growth of 5,000 companies in the country, the first 500 being in the top ten percent. The 2014 Inc. 500 is the most competitive crop of companies in the list’s history. Jeunesse is currently in the top five percent of rankings in America.
“Jeunesse has been narrowed down as one of the top 500 companies in America—and it is a tremendous milestone to be recognized in this category,” says Co-Founder, Randy Ray, “Our goal has always been to double the company’s annual sales with each coming year—a feat which is almost impossible—but it’s something Jeunesse has achieved since its inception. Now that we’re opening new markets in Russia, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe, I see us exceeding the considerable targets we’ve set for this year.”
Jeunesse has delivered remarkable results. The company closed 2013 with a reported $224 million dollars in sales revenue.* Sales are up 125% year-to-date and over 38,000
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Jeunesse’, Wendy Lewis, Selected As One Most Influential Women In Direct Selling
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Wendy Lewis, COO of Jeunesse, was one of 21 women selected as the most influential women in direct-selling by Direct Selling News. DSN shared the news in their latest issue.
It is important to reflect on the past, in order to make the future better. It is especially important now since opportunity for women has become so much more widespread, and the daughters of this generation may struggle to even believe that their great-grandmothers couldn’t vote or have options in the professional world.
It is in celebration of all the women who fight for opportunity—those in the past and those currently fighting—that we bring you this issue. We asked 21 of the most influential executive women in direct selling questions about their specific journeys, their motivations and inspirations, and their preferences for mentoring other women along the way.
The path each woman took to the heights of direct selling corporate management is as unique as the individual. Yet all 21 are inextricably linked by the influence they have on the lives of hundreds of thousands, even millions of women across the globe who work in direct sales to enrich their families, make a difference in their communities and in the lives of others,