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Herbalife is a pyramid scheme that harms millions of people around the world.
Herbalife is a pyramid scheme that harms millions of people around the world.
The top 1% of Herbalife distributors receives nearly 90% of the total rewards.
While 89% of Herbalife distributors don’t earn anything from the company, the top fraction of a percent earn a significant income from Herbalife. They show off their wealth (though it’s often overstated) and recruit new distributors by promising them that they too can be wealthy, even though the deck is stacked against them. Many at the top have been in the pyramid for decades and used aggressive, now banned, recruiting techniques to build a downlines of thousands of distributors. They don’t have robust sales to consumers operations. Michael Johnson says it best:
If these are the top Herbalife earners and Herbalife actually had robust sales to outside consumers, you could expect them to have massive sales operations. Instead, they recruit. A lot.
These distributors represent some of the worst of the worst in Herbalife. Sadly, among these distributors are current and former Herbalife board members. It’s impossible to separate the company from these predators. Distributors joining Herbalife today may be in the downline of one of these distributors, so each time he or she makes a purchase from Herbalife, these people get paid.
Dates of Herbalife Distributorship: 1982 – present
Status in Herbalife: Chairman’s Club, Herbalife Board of Directors (current)
Business Methods: Training Videos, Calls and Presentations; Recruiting Scripts; Distributor Website Registrations
Dates of Herbalife Distributorship: 1992 – present
Status in Herbalife: Chairman’s Club Member; Current Member of the Board of Directors (2009 – present)
Business Methods: Nutrition Clubs; Online Recruiting Tools
Dates of Herbalife Distributorship: 1981 – present
Status in Herbalife: Founder’s Circle (current), Herbalife Board of Directors (2002-2005)
Business Methods: Training Videos, Calls and Presentations; Recruiting Scripts; Distributor Website Registrations
Dates of Herbalife Distributorship: 1984 – present
Status in Herbalife: Chairman’s Club
Business Methods: Training Videos and Presentations
Dates of Herbalife Distributorship: 1993 – present
Status in Herbalife: Founder’s Circle; Former Member of Herbalife Board of Directors (2005-2009)
Business Methods: Training Videos and Presentations; Recruiting Materials and Scripts
Dates of Herbalife Distributorship: 1995 – present
Status in Herbalife: Executive President’s Team
Business Methods: Nutrition Clubs; Conference Calls; Online Recruiting Tools; Training Videos
Dates of Herbalife Distributorship: 1995 – present
Status in Herbalife: International Executive President’s Team
Business Methods: Nutrition Clubs; Lead Generation; Online Recruiting Tools; Training Videos
Dates of Herbalife Distributorship: 1984 – present (Susan); 1984 – 2013 (John – deceased)
Status in Herbalife: Founder’s Circle
Business Methods: Training Videos, Calls and Presentations; Recruiting Scripts; Online Recruiting Businesses; Focus Groups
Dates of Herbalife Distributorship: 1995 – present
Status in Herbalife: President’s Team
Business Methods: Recruiting Scripts; Training Materials and Audio Clips; Online Recruiting Businesses
Dates of Herbalife Distributorship: 1980 – present (Rochin); 1980 – 1990s (Thompson)
Status in Herbalife: Chairman’s Club (Rochin); former Herbalife Executive and Board Member (Thompson)
Business Methods: Training Videos, Calls and Presentations; Recruiting Scripts; Online Recruiting Businesses
Dates of Herbalife Distributorship: 1990’s – Present
Status in Herbalife: President’s Team
Business Methods: Nutrition Clubs; Training Videos and Audio Clips; Online Recruiting Businesses
Dates of Herbalife Distributorship: 1996 – present
Status in Herbalife: President’s Team
Business Methods: Nutrition Clubs; Training Videos and Audio Clips; Recruiting Scripts; Online Recruiting Businesses
Dates of Herbalife Distributorship: 2000s (Bartholomew); 1996 – present (Carr)
Status in Herbalife: President’s Team
Business Methods: Training Videos, Calls and Presentations; Online Recruiting Businesses; Recruiting Scripts; Success Training Seminars
Dates of Herbalife Distributorship: 2000s (Bartholomew); 1985 – present
Status in Herbalife: Chairman’s Club
Business Methods: Training and Presentations; Online Recruiting Businesses, Success Training Seminars
Dates of Herbalife Distributorship: 2000s – present
Status in Herbalife: President’s Team
Business Methods: Training and Presentations, Online Recruiting Businesses
Dates of Herbalife Distributorship: 1991 – 2013
Status in Herbalife: President’s Team (former) – left to join Vemma
Business Methods: Training Videos; Leadership Development Weekends; Online Recruiting Businesses
Dates of Herbalife Distributorship: 1996 – present
Status in Herbalife: Chairman’s Club
Business Methods: Nutrition Clubs; Training Videos, Calls and Presentations; Recruiting Scripts
Dates of Herbalife Distributorship: 1990’s – present
Status in Herbalife: Chairman’s Club
Business Methods: Training Videos, Calls and Presentations; Online Recruiting Businesses; Recruiting Scripts
Dates of Herbalife Distributorship: 1990’s – present
Status in Herbalife: President’s Team
Business Methods: Nutrition Clubs, Training Videos, Calls and Presentations; Online Recruiting Businesses; Recruiting Scripts
Dates of Herbalife Distributorship: 1990’s – present
Status in Herbalife: President’s Team
Business Methods: Training Videos, Calls and Presentations; Recruiting Scripts; Distributor Website Registrations
Dates of Herbalife Distributorship: 1982 – present
Status in Herbalife: Chairman’s Club
Business Methods: Training Videos, Calls and Presentations; Online Recruiting Businesses; Herbalife Opportunity Meetings and Success Training Seminars
Dates of Herbalife Distributorship: 1999 – 2013
Status in Herbalife: Chairman’s Club (former)
Business Methods: Lead Generation, Training Videos, Recruiting Materials
Dates of Herbalife Distributorship: 1992 – present
Status in Herbalife: Chairman’s Club
Business Methods: Lead Generation, Nutrition Clubs, Recruiting Scripts, Training Materials
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