About us

 

In February 1980 Mark R. Hughes began selling the original herbalife weight management product from the truck of his car. 

The department of justice of Canada field criminal charges against the company in November 1984 for misleading medical claims in advertisements.

By 1985 the company was considered the fastest growing private company in America. That same year the California Attorney general sued the company for making inflated claims about the efficacy of its product.

By 1988 the company had expanded its reach to japan, spain, new zealand and mexico and increase its worldwide sales to $191 million in 1991. In 1993 the company underwent a secondary offering of 5 million shares. The company launched a line of personal care products in 1995 which included fragrances and facing cleansing products. The company was sued in civil court by two former distributor in 1997 for withholding earned income.

In 1999 Hughes attempted to take the company private after asserting that wall street was undervaluing the company. while the board approved the buyout offer shareholders of the company filed a suit against the firm because the believed the share price they were offered was unfair.