private industry holding consumer products multi level marketing hotel founded 1959 as ja ri corporation 1963 as amway corporation 2000 as alticor inc 1 headquarters ada michigan usa area served worldwide key people steve van andel chairman doug devos president 2 products cleaning health and beauty wellness services mlm services logistics revenue us 9.2 billion 2010 3 owner devos van andel families number of employees 13 000 4 subsidiaries amway amway global gurwitch products website alticor.com headquarters in ada michigan alticor is a privately held corporation owned and run by members of the devos and van andel families . 5 it was established in 1999 to serve as the parent company for a handful of business ventures most notably the direct selling company amway and amway global and a manufacturing and distribution company access business group . 6 7 in 2006 alticor purchased gurwitch products from neiman marcus group inc. an investment firm and gurwitch product ceo janet gurwitch . 8 contents 1 alticor corporate enterprises 1.1 amway hotel corporation 2 references 3 external links alticor corporate enterprises edit founded in 2006 alticor corporate enterprises is a subsidiary holding corporation of alticor s non direct selling companies amway hotel corporation gurwitch products interleukin genetics and fulton innovation . 9 pyxis innovations inc. formed in 2000 purchase ownership in interleukin genetics and is a wholly owned subsidiary of alticor inc. 10 amway hotel corporation edit alticor subsidiary amway hotel corporation owns the amway grand plaza hotel in downtown grand rapids michigan which opened in 1913 as the pantlind hotel . it was purchased refurbished expanded and renamed in 1981 . the company also owns and operates the courtyard by marriott at plaza towers in grand rapids . 11 references edit alticor timeline . alticor website . retrieved 2006 10 09 . alticor president doug devos . alticor website . archived from the original on 25 march 2008 . retrieved 2008 04 04 . amway parent grows to 9.2 billion in 2010 . 17 february 2011 . retrieved 8 march 2011 . fact sheet . alticor website . retrieved 20082006 10 09 . check date values in access date help devos meijer rank among richest ; amway co founder is 288th ; supercenter founder is 605th . the grand rapids press . 7 march 2008 . p. c1 . james prichard 24 october 2000 . amway reorganizes now under new parent company alticor . associated press . amway reveals new corporate structure . associated press . 25 october 2000 . azevedo mary ann august 4 2006 . gurwitch products gets ownership makeover . houston business journal . american city business journals inc. archived from the original on 26 february 2008 . retrieved 2008 04 04 . alticor posts sales of more than 6.3 billion in 2006 . alticor website press releases . archived from the original on 25 march 2008 . retrieved 2008 04 04 . interleukin genetics inc. schedule 13d a . sec records at edgar . retrieved 2008 04 04 . courtyard by marriott hotel at plaza towers may re open this weekend . may 8 2013 . retrieved september 7 2016 . external links edit alticor corporate website alticor media blog yahoo alticor inc. company profile retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title alticor & oldid 738214826 categories direct marketingprivately held companies based in michiganmulti level marketing companiescompanies based in kent county michiganholding companies established in 19991999 establishments in michiganhidden categories cs1 errors dates navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages svenska edit links this page was last modified on 7 september 2016 at 16 25 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view