彭博社：安利利用哈佛大学成就与中国的关系(7)

　　亿万富翁

　　安利公司由理查·狄维士和他的朋友杰·温安洛于1959年成立，出售液体家用清洁剂，现在已经成为一个全球的巨人。今天，它在约100个国家和地区雇佣了2.1万余员工，并通过超过300万的“独立生意所有者（即直销商）”组成的网络（公司的名词叫没有雇员的销售力量）销售约450种不同产品。

　　根据彭博社的亿万富翁指数：理查·狄维士，87岁，截至9月15日其资本净值高达83亿美元，使他成为世界上第144位最富有的人。除了在他在安达高集团50%的利益之外，他还是奥兰多魔术篮球队的老板，并设立基督教基金会和自由企业集团，比如传统基金会的智库。他的儿子---德·狄维士，48岁，是现安利公司的主席。杰·温安洛于2004年去世，也是亿万富翁。他儿子---57岁的史提夫·温安洛，也现在是安利的主席。

　　Billionaires

　　Amway, which was founded in 1959 by Richard DeVos and his friend Jay Van Andel to sell a liquid household cleaner, has become a global giant. Today, it employs more than 21,000 people in about 100 countries and territories and sells some 450 different products through a network of more than 3 million “independent business owners,” the company’s term for its nonemployee sales force.

　　DeVos, 87, had a net worth of $8.3 billion as of Sept. 15, making him the 144th-richest person in the world, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. In addition to a 50 percent interest in Alticor, he’s the principal owner of the Orlando Magic basketball franchise and funds Christian organizations and free-enterprise groups such as the Heritage Foundation, a think tank. His son Doug, 48, is president of Amway. Van Andel, who died in 2004, was also a billionaire. His son Steve, 57, is now Amway’s chairman.