by Rob Tritt Amway was started in 1949 by two Army buddies, Richard DeVos and Jay Van Andel. Devos and Van Andel started out as distibutors for Nutrilite food supplements. Nutrilite was a California-based direct sales company. It was founded by Dr. Carl Rhenborg, developer of the first multivitamin marketed in the U.S. Van Andel and DeVos were very excited about the opportunity to work with Nutrilite because, in addition to the being paid on sales of the products, Nutrilite payed a commis









