Christopher Pair appointed president and CEO of the natural products company, the firm announces June 6. Hughes said many times that he had been inspired to start his company after his mother (Jo Ann Hartman) died from taking diet pills. Marconi has fought with Pair before, at one point telling Hughes to fire Pair during a company downturn in the mid-1980s. Neither the alcohol nor the drug were present in sufficient quantity to have been the sole cause of death, Carrier said. [14], In September 1987, Hughes married Suzan Schroder, a former actress, court reporter and Miss Petite U.S.A.[14] In December 1991, Hughes' and his wife, Suzan Hughes, had his sole son, Alexander Reynolds "Alex" Hughes. 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The coroner said Mr. Hughes died from a combination of alcohol and medication. [133] It also has a multi-year sponsorship with Jonathan Dos Santos of the LA Galaxy. The FTC said in a press release about the settlement "it's virtually impossible to make money selling Herbalife products. Now in 95 countries and achieving record retail sales of $7.5 billion in 2013 according to company statements. [54], In the past, company management considered the number and retention of distributors a key parameter and tracked it closely in financial reports. June 17, 2000 By total random coincidence, Suzan and Alex ran into that very same trustee later that night at an art exhibit. [129] Herbalife has also sponsored the basketball club Herbalife Gran Canaria since 2012. [101][102], In November 2017, Ackman closed out his short position after Herbalife shares increased by 51 percent over the year, and replaced it with a less aggressive put option. Not a good combination. The Rohns owned and worked a farm in Caldwell, Idaho, where Jim grew up as an only child. TIMES STAFF WRITER. [15] Suzan filed for divorce from Hughes in September 1997. Mark's real estate portfolio had two crown jewels. TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. [22] Concurrently, plant sources of ephedrine were removed from Herbalife products in 2002 after several U.S. states banned supplements containing such herbs. An autopsy . At Herbalife Nutrition Foundation, we strive to grow our impact and continue carrying out Marks vision. A third-generation Angeleno, Jerry Hirsch covered the automotive industry for the Los Angeles Times. While the board approved the buyout offer, shareholders of the company filed a suit against the firm because they believed the share price they were offered was unfair. News Corp is a global, diversified media and information services company focused on creating and distributing authoritative and engaging content and other products and services. (Photo by Axel Koester/Sygma/Sygma via Getty Images). "[7] Toxicological tests showed potentially lethal levels of the painkiller Darvon in her system. [83][84], Critics of the company's structure have contended that it has operated as a pyramid scheme. Hughes founded Herbalife International, a weight-loss and nutritional products company, in Beverly Hills in 1980. They reached an agreement where Marconi would develop a series of products for Hughes, who would sell them through a new company called Herbalife. Pair took control of the company soon after Hughes death and moved to shift business from Marconis Global Health to other suppliers. "There was a lot of pressure, and I wanted to be the best right away. If you follow financial news, you may have heard about the ongoing battle between a billionaire hedge fund manager named Bill Ackman and the multi-level marketing company Herbalife. His blood alcohol level was 0.21% (more than double the drunk driving level). [42][43] The facility produces botanical extracts, including teas, guarana, chamomile, broccoli, and bilberry, for use in many of the company's products. A 2004 settlement resolved a class-action suit on behalf of 8,700 former and current distributors who accused the company and distributors of "essentially running a pyramid scheme." For the latest 12-month requalification period ending January 2019, approximately 67.9 percent of the eligible sales leaders requalified. International After Hughes was arrested twice for drunk driving, in 1996 and 1997, Marconi said he approached Rosen and Pair with a plan to take Hughes to a secretive alcohol-treatment center in Switzerland for three weeks. [11], By 1985, the company was considered the fastest-growing private company in America by Inc. after its sales increased from $386 thousand to $423 million over the previous five years. LOS ANGELES -- Herbalife International Inc. named chief operating officer Christopher Pair acting president and chief executive of the nutritional and diet products company Monday, a day after the . In 2004, the trustees of Alex Hughes' estate sold the property to a developer for no money down. The handsome hard-driving businessman, who sparred with regulators in the . We are confident that Herbalife is in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations." The company also announced that its shareholders had approved a two-for-one stock split. Using his mother's legacy as a genesis, Mark founded Herbalife in 1980 when he was just 24 years old. [33], In March 2020, John Agwunobi was named as its next chief executive. In February 1980, Hughes founded Herbalife International. 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[7], In March 1985, the California attorney general and the state Department of Health Services charged he and Herbalife with making "untrue or misleading" product claimsprimarily involving the caffeine content of some Herbalife productsand operating an "endless chain marketing scheme. [2][4][5][6] Part of Hughes' CEDU rehab required him to raise money by selling raffle tickets. So now you know the history of Mark Hughes and Herbalife. [52], Herbalife Nutrition is a multi-level marketing company. John was one of Herbalife's true personalities and he will be missed. [29] In August 2017, the company announced that it would repurchase up to $600 million of its stock. When the company went public on the NASDAQ in 1996, Mark's 26% stake was worth $250 million. [38], In China, the company's manufacturing sites are located in Suzhou and Nanjing. There's been no proven link to liver problems. 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The [22], Mark and Suzan established the Herbalife Family Foundation (HFF) in 1994, a non-profit organization dedicated to improving vulnerable children's lives through helping charity organizations meet the nutritional needs of children at risk, and providing funds to organizations that assist victims of natural disasters. filed on July 16, 2003, the plaintiffs alleged that some of Herbalife International's distributors used pre-recorded telephone messages and autodialers to contact prospective customers in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. Hughes died after a 4-day drinking binge, apparently from an overdose of alcohol and the antidepressant drug doxepin. CNN News, June 17, 2000. As of this writing, Alex Hughes is 27 years old. This house sat on 7.5 acres and featured 300 feet of beachfront property. They divorced in 1984 and in the same year, he married Angela Mack, a Swedish former beauty queen. Note: Pages will open in a new browser window. Mr. Hughes, 44, who promoted natural healing methods using Herbalife's health care and weight-loss products, was being treated by a psychiatrist for his drinking problem and smoked six to eight cigars a day, according to the coroner's report. Mark Hughes was an extraordinarily unique person who lived an extraordinarily unique life. [44] Before extracts are processed, they undergo a botanical identification program and are tested several times throughout the production process. Previously, Pair was Herbalife exec VP, chief operating officer and secretary. On June 16, the coroner found that Mr. Hughes had died May 21 of an overdose of alcohol and a toxic level of doxepin, an antidepressant. $1 billion. You will be notified in advance of any changes in rate or terms. A total of $6million was to be paid out, with defendants not admitting guilt. Mark Reynolds Hughes, Herbalife's founder and president, is among witnesses who have been subpoenaed. [8] After the wives were paid off, Mark's estate was still worth an estimated $300 million at the time of his death. Not sure what the main lesson iswith the story. Christopher Pair appointed president and CEO of the natural products company, the firm announces June 6. Ive lost 16 pounds in the last few years., During the hearing, Hughes acknowledged that his own formal education stopped at the 9th grade. The lawsuit claims that the San Juan Capistrano entrepreneur and his Orange-based Global Health Sciences Inc. are the target of a carefully plotted and long-planned vendetta by Christopher Pair, Herbalifes chief executive and one of three co-trustees of the Mark Hughes Family Trust, which now controls nearly 60% of the companys shares. estate in late May. Hughes eventually abandoned his attempt to buy the company and settled the suit with shareholders. The goal of the case was to get the trustees removed for mismanaging the estate. Los Angeles, Aug. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Herbalife International Inc.'s Web site still uses a video of Mark Hughes hawking weight- loss pills and nutritional supplements two months after the company's founder died of a prescription drug overdose. [122][123][124], In 2019, the U.S. Justice Department charged two of Herbalife's employees with conspiracy in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). Subsequently, Bill Ackman lost $400-$500 million on his bet. Column: 15 minutes of fame flies by. ), the subcommittee chairman, said that Herbalife and. Darcy LaPier became Mr. Hughes's fourth wife on Feb. 14, 1999. Whitney & Company and Golden Gate Capital, U.S. Justice Department investigation of bribery in China. [142], The 2018 book When The Wolves Bite: Two Billionaires, One Company, and an Epic Wall Street Battle by Scott Wapner discusses Ackman's short of the company and his battle with Icahn. The company has since named Chief Operating Officer Christopher Pair acting president and chief executive. The Absolutely Insane Life And Death Story Of Herbalife Founder Mark Hughes By Brian Warner on August 21, 2019 in Articles Entertainment If you follow financial news, you may have heard. Oh, and the guest house has its own guest house. Hughes was a juvenile delinquent who learned the art of sales while fund-raising for his reform school in the early 1970s. This sales model is known professionally as "multi-level-marketing", but it is also often referred to as a "pyramid scheme". The whole Ackman saga is fascinating enough to deserve its own dedicated article on Celebrity Net Worth, but for now we're gonna take a look at a different, equally insane story from the Herbalife chronology. Wife #4, Darcy LaPiere (the Hawaiian Tropic model), had previously been married to action star Jean-Claude Van Damme. Global has hired an investment banker to negotiate with bondholders to craft a restructuring. [137] Hilary Rosen, a Democratic lobbyist and an adviser to Herbalife, questioned Tribeca's credibility after claiming that the film was "bought and paid" for by Ackman "to make good on his stock bet". And speaking of impressing Donald Trump, during his lifetime Mark married four different beauty queens. Mark had one child, with wife #3 Suzan Schroder (the former Miss Petite USA). Moreover, Herbalife executives said the strategic move to stop using Global Health as a near exclusive supplier started three years ago with Hughes approval. But in the months since his death the three executives have broken ranks, lacking the common goal of supporting Hughes, whose marketing savvy netted them millions of dollars in salaries, stock and profits. [79] Interestingly, race, genetics, age, and sex are all potential risk factors that may predispose individuals to Herbalife side effects[80], In December 2020, a 2019 paper analysing Herbalife's slimming products' association with one patient's fatal acute liver failure was retracted by the Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology. Focusing on the past is one way the 20-year-old company is coping with . Rosen did not respond to an interview request. Instead, according to the lawsuit, the unnamed analyst maintained Rosens personal checkbook, tracked his investments on a daily basis, paid his bills and helped prepare his tax filings. Einhorn said the short had been closed before the end of 2012. Darcy LaPier met Mark Hughes, founder of Herbalife, on a blind date. [13] The company settled the suit for $850,000 without admitting wrongdoing. The cause of death was a bad mixture of alcohol and anti-depressants. Herbalife's multi-level-marketing plan was outrageously successful. [71] In 2009, an Israeli woman sued Herbalife International and Herbalife Israel, claiming that her liver damage resulted from the use of Herbalife products.[72]. I'm going to fuck you one way or the other.". The asking price? He forced the property into foreclosure to kick out Dickens and the other shady characters who by then had run up $200 million worth of debt with the trust. Herbalife profits enabled Marconi to expand his company, finance his Marconi Automotive Museum in Tustin, a charitable foundation for children and commission Italian sculptors to make full-scale replicas of Michelangelo works for his San Juan Capistrano ranch. Their marriage continued until his death the following year on May 21, 2000, at his home in Malibu, California. Herbalife relies on a worldwide network of more than 100,000 independent distributors, most of them working part time, to pitch the companys line of herbal and weight-loss products to neighbors, co-workers and relatives. Mark died suddenly in 2000, leaving behind a giant financial mess that took over a decade for his heirs to resolve. More recently, however, Marconi told The Times he provided Hughes with copies of a Beverly Hills Police Department mug shot of Pair, taken after the executive was caught shoplifting at the Saks Fifth Avenue store on Wilshire Boulevard two years ago. The company's products are sold mainly through a network of more than 100,000 sales people, most of whom work part-time. MALIBU, Calif. (AP) -- Mark Reynolds Hughes, founder of the Herbalife empire of weight loss and nutritional products, has died at age 44, authorities said Sunday. "[78] In a separate review published less than a year earlier, the same author described the relationship between Herbalife products and reported hepatotoxicity cases as "highly probable". [37] The company's original product is the Formula 1 protein shake, a soy-based meal-replacement shake. ", "Testifies at Stormy Senate Hearing: Herbalife President Calls Diet Powders, Pills Safe", "Beverly Hills' $1 Billion "Vineyard": The Bizarre Saga Behind L.A.'s Last Real Estate Trophy", "Autopsy on Herbalife founder finds death caused by accidental overdose", "Legal battle rages around America's richest teenager", "Herbalife Heir Can't Object to Settlement Agreement", "Judge Fires Custodian of Herbalife Heir's $40 Million", "Trustees Kicked From Herbalife Founder's $330M Estate", "C.A. In addition, the complaint charged that one of the fundamental principles of Herbalife's business modelincentivizing distributors to buy products and to recruit others to join and buy products so they could advance in the company's marketing program, rather than in response to actual consumer demandis an unfair practice in violation of the FTC Act. Heart doctors debate ethics of testing super-aspirin, Texas cattle quarantined after violation of mad-cow feed ban, Ceramist Adler adds furniture to his creations. The shoplifting arrest and the harassment allegations threatened to tarnish Herbalifes image, Marconi said. Hughes, enmeshed recently in a struggle for ownership of his weight-loss and nutritional products company, was reported to have died at 11:02 a.m. at his $25-million Malibu estate at 33064 Pacific Coast Highway. [34] Agwunobi departed Herbalife Nutrition in October 2022 and Michael O. Johnson was named Chairman and interim Chief Executive Officer. Hughes then sought out Marconi, who had supplied weight-loss products to Seyforth. Mrs. Hughes told investigators that her husband was drinking before he fell asleep on the evening of May 20 on the living room sofa of their $27 million oceanfront estate in Malibu. Before that, Hughes lived in a Beverly Hills mansion known as Grayhall, which he purchased in 1992 in a real estate trade valued at $20 million. Perhaps we'll just end with a reminder to nevermix alcohol and prescription drugs. The business is incorporated in the Cayman Islands, with its corporate headquarters located in Los Angeles, California. One of the trustees of Alex's fortune allegedly sold The Vineyard for just $23 million to a man who had no money and no experience in developing real estate. External sites are not endorsed by CNN Interactive. A 2010 article in the Los Angeles Business Journal claimed that Herbalife Nutrition was one of the most profitable companies in Los Angeles County and directly benefited from its business model. [125] In response, Herbalife committed $40 million to resolve the issues, and began negotiations with both the US Justice Department and SEC. Hughes was frequently described as a charismatic leader and astute businessman who was intimately involved in company operations. California braced for weekend of power scrounging, Court order averts strike against Union Pacific railroad, Two more Texas fugitives will contest extradition, Thousands dead in India; quake toll rapidly rising, California readies for weekend of power scrounging, Capriati upsets Hingis to win Australian Open, Shaq could miss playoff game for child's birth, Ex-USOC official says athletes bent drug rules, Quake help not fast enough, says Indian PM, Bush signs order opening 'faith-based' charity office for business, Prosecutor says witnesses saw rap star shoot gun in club. In addition to selling the product, sales-people were encouraged to sign up their friends, family and neighbors to become sales-people themselves. Although the company remains financially viable, interviews and the lawsuits paint a picture of rancor within the tribunal that served as close advisors to the late nutritional supplement czar. [120], The company remains under investigation as of early 2019 both by the United States Department of Justice and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for corruption in China. It was the most expensive real estate transaction in Southern California history up to that point. He also owned a $30 million, 22,000 square foot castle in Beverly Hills called Grayhall that sat on 2.5 acres of the most expensive real estate in the world. The prime example of their mismanagement was related to The Vineyard. On Feb. 2, three months before he died, Mr. Hughes amended his family trust to give his wife, Darcy, $10 million within 45 days of his death. But we're getting ahead of ourselves. "I got in trouble with the law. The offer was increased to $17.81 in January after shareholders sued. This is a very nasty type of hardball to be playing. Since Herbalife's Class B stock hit a 52-week high of $16.25 on Jan. 18, it has fallen 43 percent, to just over $9. The executives, however, apparently couldnt agree on the plan, perhaps because they didnt trust each other to be alone with Hughes during such a sensitive period, Marconi said. Herbalife said it paid the analyst $170,000 in salary and bonuses since 1997. [58] In a West Virginia class action suit (Mey v. Herbalife International, Inc., et al.) [96][97], According to a number of financial commentators, Ackman bet roughly $1 billion against the company;[98] soon after remarks to the press, the price of the stock decreased such that Ackman would have made $300 million if he had closed his short position then. Mark's sole heir was his son Alexander Hughes, who was eight years old at the time. [16], In February 1999, Hughes married Darcy LaPier, an American actress and model. "[2], Hughes was 19 years old and still working for CEDU when his mother died in her apartment of an accidental drug overdose on April 27, 1975. They are not leaning toward foul play at all.. His blood alcohol level was 0.21 percent. The case was resolved with Herbalife and its distributors paying $7million into a fund for class members part of the suit. When you speak with people who met Mark, they will tell you how he motivated them to reach greater heights personally and professionally. When a series of congressional hearings questioning the efficacy of Herbalife products put the company into a tailspin in the mid-1980s, Hughes asked Marconi for help. The decline in Herbalife purchases from Global Health pushed the company into default last month after it failed to make a scheduled $12-million interest payment on $257.8 million of debt. Not much is known about Mark's early life other than his family grew up in humble circumstances and that his mother, Jo Ann Hughes, died when he was 18. If that sounds insane to you, it is. [38], Herbalife's products are produced at the company's five manufacturing facilities in the U.S. and China, as well as by third-party manufacturing partners. He was born to a poor family, became a millionaire at age 30, and went broke when he was 33. Pretty soon, thousands of sales people were selling Herbalife products door-to-door around the country. At this point, the family survived on welfare payments with Hughes' mother suffering from "emotional problems." He planned on building a 45,000 square foot palace at Tower Grove, complete with 25 bedrooms and stunningly beautiful 360-degree views of the world. Hughes laid plans to build a 46,000 square foot house on the property, complete with tennis courts, a million-gallon pond and wildlife sanctuary. This would allow Alex to manage the money himself and potentially inherit a much larger portion much sooner than the age of 35. In 1993, the company underwent a secondary offering of five million shares. This was a strategic move to get more competitive pricing and to meet the needs of global, political and economic factors, said Conrad Klein, Herbalifes executive vice president. A Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department homicide detective was dispatched to the home, but initial reports were that there was no sign of foul play. [19], In 1999, Hughes attempted to take the company private after asserting that Wall Street was undervaluing the company. Customer Service. The company's stated goal was to market healthy weight loss products and generally change the nutritional habits of the world. The Absolutely Insane Life And Death Story Of Herbalife Founder Mark Hughes Ray Dalio Net Worth 10 Of The Best Bets On The Stock Market That Have Earned The Bet Maker Millions, If Not Billions Upset by the valuation given his company on the stock market, Hughes unsuccessfully tried to arrange financing to buy out shareholders. Herbalife said Tuesday that Pairs record has since been expunged. In 2002, Herbalife was taken private by a group of investors for $685 million dollars. [7] According to the autopsy report, several empty vials of prescription drugs were found beside her bed, and her doctor told the coroner she "was known to over-ingest her prescription drugs. It has since become one of the world's largest distributors of Herbalife products through multi-level marketing, with sales of about $3.5billion in 2007 and 2.1 million Independent Distributors. Coroner spokesman Scott Carrier said an autopsy revealed Hughes' blood-alcohol level at the time of his death was .21 percent, nearly three times the legally defined level of intoxication. [14], Scott Carrier, of the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office, said final autopsy results found that Hughes, 44, had ingested a toxic combination of alcohol and Doxepin, an antidepressant he was taking to help him sleep. Hughes often stated that the genesis of his product and program stemmed from the weight loss concerns of his mother Joanne whose premature death he attributed to an eating disorder and an unhealthy approach to weight loss. LOS ANGELES, May 22 -- The death of Mark R. Hughes, the 44-year-old founder and president of the Herbalife International, over the weekend was apparently the result of natural causes. Since Hughes death at age 44, lawsuits between the executives within his closest circle expose a tale of revenge, an executive with a shoplifting arrest and sexual harassment allegations. On August 20, 2019, it was revealed that The Mountain of Beverly Hills had been sold at auction for $100,000. Throughout the growth of the company, three key players--two from Hughes reform school days and one who knew how to manufacture weight-loss products--fought for his ear while helping to chart Herbalifes course. In the mid-1980s, Hughes, who was 24 when he started his company, was sued by the Food and Drug Administration, the California attorney generals office, and the state Department of Health, over what they said were false health claims about Herbalife products and the various schemes used to market them. [108] The FTC stated that the wording it used in its response to the FOIA request was incorrect; the FTC could not confirm or deny an investigation into Herbalife. He soon developed a direct-marketing plan that incentivized local sales people to sell the products to their friends, family and neighbors. Scientific studies in 2007 by doctors at the University Hospital of Bern in Switzerland and the Liver Unit of the Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center in Israel found an association between consumption of Herbalife products and hepatitis. He founded Herbalife, with its now famous Lose Weight Now, Ask Me How slogan, 20 years ago. The death of Herbalife International founder Mark Hughes in May following a drinking binge has triggered a series of bizarre allegations about the key executives who helped the charismatic. Instead of splitting the company, they agreed that Hughes would run the marketing end while Marconi would be the exclusive supplier, according to Marconis suit. Certainly the financial fortunes of both men have been closely linked. Fast forward 20 years: In 2018, the property was renamed "The Mountain of Beverly Hills". 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