Company Details
Melaleuca is a multi-level marketing company selling environment- friendly nutritional supplements, cleaning supplies and healthcare products, which customers can buy directly from Melaleuca’s website. With over 400 products to choose from, the company is the largest online wellness shopping club in North America. Melaleuca’s mission is to enhance the lives of people.
Melaleuca grew from a little start up in just 30 years to a billion dollar enterprise doing business in around 19 countries around the world. Today, more than a million customers shop from Melaleuca every month. Melaleuca is the ultimate wellness company.
FOUNDED
Melaleuca was founded in September 1985 by Frank WanderSloot. According to the Idaho state government records, Oil of Meleleuca Inc. was incorporated under Idaho law in 1984.
In the 1990s, Inc. magazine included Melaleuca on its list of the nation’s 500 fastest growing private firms. Melaleuca was on that list for the next four years in a row. In 1991 the U.S. Chamber of Commerce honored Melaleuca with its Blue Chip Enterprise Award. In spite of a poor economy, Melaleuca’s sales increased from $29 million in 1990 to $105 million in 1991. The firm in 1991 prospered from the efforts of over 100,000 independent sales persons and also the company’s 900 plus workers at its Idaho Falls, Pocatello, and Rexburg plants.