Richard M. DeVos has written few books in his time. He is a businessman and a politician by profession. DeVos has received honorary doctorates from Grove City College, Central Michigan University and Northwood University, as well as distinguished alumni recognition from Northwood University. Born In: Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States, place of death: Ada Township, Michigan, United States, See the events in life of Richard M. DeVos in Chronological Order. He is married to Betsy DeVos and they have four children together, Ryan, Richard, Andrea and Elisabeth. [25], He co-founded the Richard and Helen DeVos Foundation, an American conservative foundation and grant-making body in 1970. [8], DeVos is married to former Amway CEO Dick DeVos. His first book Believe, published in 1975 which was co-written by Charles Paul Conn, documents his journey of becoming a successful businessman. Given that his parents have both passed away and the DeVos family continues to own half of the business, it seems reasonable to assume that Betsy, her husband and their kids now control one quarter of the familys stake, or about 12% of Amway. He explained that sustainability is "not just an environmental concept, it's also an economic one. [9] In 2014 he published his memoirs, titled Simply Rich. While lacking Granholm's "flashier qualities," DeVos's "business backgroundideally suits him to address the state's most vexing economic issues." An unrelenting optimist, DeVos is convinced that people can solve most of their problems by taking personal responsibility." When the Children's Scholarship Fund provided $7.5 million to the Education Freedom Fund, the DeVos matched the grant, and their foundation covers all of the administrative costs of the organization. However, she testified under oath in the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing, in response to Senator Maggie Hassan's questions, that she had nothing to do with the contributions made by her mother's foundation to conservative advocacy groups including Focus on the Family and the Family Research Council. "[90], In April 2017, DeVos praised the president's nomination of Carlos G. Muiz as the department's general counsel. DeVos was a member of the Christian Reformed Church in North America. They continued to run the dealership and by 1958, the duo had managed to build a network of more than five thousand distributors. [78], On January 31, DeVos's nomination was approved by the committee on a 1211 party-line vote and was due to be voted on by the Senate. noted MSNBC, "among Michigan power brokers, DeVos might well be the bigger name." [64], The confirmation hearing for DeVos was initially scheduled for January 10, 2017, but was delayed for one week after the Office of Government Ethics requested more time to review her financial disclosures. The couple agreed to sell off dozens of other holdings when Betsy was tapped to lead the education department, including investments in student lender SoFi and a company that sells laundry machines to college campuses. Distributors might imagine theyll end up like the man himself, worth billions, but the fact is that less than one-half of 1 percent of Amways independent business operators make more than $12,000 a year in sales, and many others lose money, as is disclosed in the fine print of a company pamphlet. "[1], She also wrote (in Roll Call) that she expected results from her political contributions. DeVos is known for her conservative political activism,[1] and particularly her support for school choice, school voucher programs, and charter schools. She said in her letter to President Trump that the riots had overshadowed the accomplishments of his administration. For DeVos, the American way meant a country that embraced the free-enterprise system, exalted God and held true to conservative Christian principles (This country was built on a religious heritage, he wrote in Believe!, and wed better get back to it.). [122], In 2019, DeVos unsuccessfully attempted to cut federal funding for the Special Olympics from her department's budget, which she had also attempted to cut in her previous two annual budgets. [81], Ahead of the scheduled final vote at noon on February 7, 2017, the Democrats in the Senate continuously spoke on the floor against the confirmation of DeVos the entire night before leading up to the vote, in protest of their strong disapproval of the nominee. [1][2][3] In 2012, Forbes magazine listed his father as the No. [166] Until November 2016,[167] she headed the All Children Matter PAC which she and her husband founded in 2003 to promote school vouchers, tax credits to businesses that give private school scholarships, and candidates who support these causes. [1] They ran the business together, expanding it over the decades into an international distributor of a wide variety of products. [80] During an unusually early 6:30a.m. vote on February 3, 2017, cloture was invoked on DeVos's nomination in the Senate, requiring a final vote on the confirmation to happen after 30 hours of debate. "If the lawmakers later found themselves facing recalls or tough re-election fights, Mr. DeVos told them, he would be there to help. [31], A Reuters article published in December 2012 noted that the Michigan right-to-work campaign had "gathered momentum" thanks to the involvement of DeVos and "Ronald Weiser, former chairman of the Michigan Republican Party and ambassador to Slovakia under President George W. [55] In addition, they have a vacation home in Holland, Michigan, on the shore of Lake Macatawa. Dick DeVos is a major donor to conservative political campaigns and social causes,[189][190][191] and was the 2006 Republican nominee for Governor of Michigan. Richard M. DeVos. The church, son Dick DeVos said in 2001, has been displaced by the public school.. Dick DeVos is President of the Dick and Betsy DeVos Foundation, a Grand Rapids-area foundation that has donated millions of dollars to civic, artistic, religious, educational, community and free-market economic organizations since 1990. And it meant a country where personal responsibility and belief in yourself were two sides of the same coin. Born Richard Marvin DEVOS. And whether Rich DeVos was selling vitamins or cleaning supplies or free-market conservatism, his sales approach remained more or less the same: He never sold a product so much as an idea of how life could or should be. [88][89], DeVos said that on the basis of her first few days in the job, she had concerns that some Education Department employees were sympathetic to the Obama administration. But when, at age 88, Rich DeVos took to the last of his several memoirs to call his grandfather a huckster, he said it with love and admirationan honorable profession, not one of trickery or flimflam. "Freedom to Work was simply the right thing to do," he said. At the end of the usual routes, young Rich had the chance to peddle the leftover vegetables. She grew up in Holland, Michigan, the eldest of four children born to Elsa (Zwiep) Prince (later, Broekhuizen) and Edgar Prince, a billionaire industrialist. Grandpa Dekker had been an immigrant from the NetherlandsDutch in origin, like the word huckster itself. Dan DeVos, chairman of the Orlando Magic NBA franchise and vice chairman of RDV, the family's investment wing, also heads his own firm, DP Fox Ventures. 130 E. Randolph St. The love and guidance provided by his parent's has permeated his marriage of more than 60 years. He later paid to attend, but did not complete, the Harvard Business School and the Wharton School's Executive Study Programs. In that fiscal year, Alticor reported sales of $4.5 billion, primarily through its more than 3.5 million part-time sales force and its complementary e-commerce channel. The couple had a total of four children, three sons and a daughter. The DeVos family is one of Michigan's wealthiest. . [165] According to The New York Times, it "is hard to find anyone more passionate about the idea of steering public dollars away from traditional public schools than Betsy DeVos". DeVos was born Elisabeth Prince on January 8, 1958. Dick DeVos ran the company from 1993 to 2002. On November 7, 2006, DeVos was defeated by Democratic incumbent Jennifer Granholm by a 14-point margin. [142][146][147][149][150], With respect to educational-focused donations, the foundation from 1999 to 2014 supported private Christian schools (at least $8.6million), charter schools ($5.2million), and public schools ($59,750). 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Wade ruling, the pornography wars, the white backlash to desegregation, the backlash to the womens lib movement, the rise of the silent majority.. After that defeat, the DeVos family helped form the Michigan Freedom Fund to promote a right-to-work law. DeVos and his brother, Doug DeVos, are "credited with taking the company global, and setting industry standards as they moved into those markets."[7]. Published by E.P. [14], DeVos asked Orange County, Florida, to help pay for the Orlando Magic's new arena using county funds and Dema Stobell's Corporation money. [172][173], Her other activities on behalf of public-school reform have included membership on the boards of directors of the Advocates for School Choice, the American Education Reform Council, and the Education Freedom Fund. This is a BETA experience. Click here to get the full experience on your screen. According to a CBS reporter, DeVos's loss was widely attributed to his performance in his first televised debate with Granholm. She served as a local precinct delegate for the Michigan Republican Party, having been elected for 16 consecutive two-year terms since 1986. DeVos served as an Honorary Pallbearer at Gerald R. Ford's State Funeral. In 2008, All Children Matter was fined $5.2million in Ohio for illegally laundering money into political campaign funds. DeVos was born Elisabeth Prince on January 8, 1958. The house, clad in a white-veined black stone, has neo-classical neighbors. Richard is the son of Simon Cornelius DeVos and Ethel Ruth Dekker. [23][24] Edgar was the founder of Prince Corporation, an automobile parts supplier based in Holland, Michigan. [179], Ramesh Ponnuru of National Review argued that Harris overstates the failure of charter schools in Detroit. Suzanne, also known as Cheri is the only daughter of Richard DeVos. DeVos were both born in Grand Rapids. He was 92. By the next two decades, the company had penetrated into markets of Japan, Latin America, Thailand, China, Africa, and India. "I still remember when it was in the basement of our home when I was growing up," he later said. The key to untangling DeVos empire appears to lie in Securities and Exchange Commission filings from the late 1990s and early 2000s, when Amways Asia-Pacific business operated through a publicly traded subsidiary. "[44], DeVos is the author of the 1998 book Rediscovering American Values. Dick DeVos Dick was born on 21 October, 1955. DeVos is the co-founder of Amway and also owner of the Orlando Magic National Basketball Association franchise. [123], DeVos has been a controversial figure throughout her tenure. His second book was Compassionate Capitalism that released in 1993, then in 2000 came Hope From My Heart: Ten Lessons For Life which is a book that depicts his feelings post his heart transplant surgery that he underwent in 1997, and in 2014, he published his autobiography Simply Rich. "[188] In the series' fourteenth season, drag queen Jasmine Kennedie appeared as DeVos for the show's signature celebrity impersonation challenge, Snatch Game. Would you say to Indiana, that school cannot discriminate against LGBT students if you want to receive federal dollars? Yes!" A second part of the study will look at sources of sediment and the contaminants it carries." [30] She has been a member and elder of Mars Hill Bible Church in Grand Rapids. Rich DeVos: The Salesman Who Helped Launch the Modern Right, Charles Krauthammer: A Leading Voice for Conservative Thought, Barbara and George H.W. [28] He is a major backer of the America First Action PAC. In March 2016, DeVos described Donald Trump as an "interloper" and said that he "does not represent the Republican Party". She has advocated for the Detroit charter school system[6][7] and she is a former member of the board of the Foundation for Excellence in Education. There wasnt yet a major concerted effort to enlist religious conservatives into politics. When he left the position six years later, they had grown to 50 percent of annual sales. [152] During her tenure, she reportedly donated $431,000 to the church between 2002 and 2004 and $453,349 to Flannel, producer of the NOOMA video series. He and his high school friend Jay Van Andel (d. 2004) started Amway (short for "American Way") in 1959, selling. [14][23] She is of Dutch ancestry. [20] As of October 27, 2006, the DeVos campaign had spent $39 million, of which nearly $35 million was DeVos's own money. An account of the Grand Action project explains that while authorities in Detroit kept initiating "one master project after another" that was supposed to solve that city's problems, and that never did, Grand Rapids was different, because its "business leaders painstakingly set goals, aligned with government officials, generated support, and empowered key players." In a section of River North where most of the homes are ornate neo-classical mansions, a new one nearing completion stands out for its hard-edged contemporary look. [114][115][116][117], In October 2017, DeVos revoked 72 guidance documents of the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services which outlined the rights of disabled students under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and the Rehabilitation Act. DeVos announced that she would step down from the company's board but would retain her investment in the company, valued at $5million to $25million. While she was on the board, she and her husband funded a center to teach arts managers and boards of directors how to fundraise and manage their cultural institutions. In 2000, DeVos oversaw a significant corporate restructuring that created Alticor, the new parent company of predecessor Amway, as well as other subsidiary companies. DeVos was unable to provide any actual examples of improvement, but stated there were "pockets" where schools had done better than public schools. would not be surprised if there are also those that would try to subvert the mission of this organization and this department," she stated. In response, AFT noted that in the same survey of around 5,000 educators, 86% felt that Devos had disrespected them. DeVos retired as president of Alticor in August 2002. She said that the Trump administration was considering pulling funding from public schools unless they provided full-time in person learning during the pandemic. The company was at number 42 on the Forbes 2018 list of United States largest privately owned companies and was the number one company on the 2018 list of Direct Selling News Global 100. Still others accused DeVos of offering sellers little more than get-rich-quick schemes. Rich was known globally for his business achievements and locally in West Michigan and Central. Together, Betsy DeVos, her husband and their four adult children are worth roughly $2 billion. Click below to see everything we have to offer. [59], Detroit Free Press editor Stephen Henderson expressed concerns over DeVos's nomination, writing that "DeVos isn't an educator, or an education leader". They built Amway. [98] She stated an interest in implementing choice policies directed toward children as individuals and criticizing the Obama administration's additional funding of $7billion for the U.S.'s worst-performing schools as "throwing money at the problem" in an attempt to find a solution. Also the DeVos family has contributed much to Northwood University in Midland, Michigan. [51] Democratic senators raised concerns about a potential conflict of interest and questioned whether she and her family members would "benefit financially from actions" she could take as the U.S. Secretary of Education. [177], During the 1990s, she served on the boards of Children First America and the American Education Reform Council, which sought to expand school choice through vouchers and tax credits. These examples were contested by Columbia University professor Aaron Pallas and Education Week reporter Ben Herold on the basis that the actual graduation rates were roughly only half as large as DeVos had stated. The team is now worth nearly $1.2 billion net of debt. An error has occured while loading the map. [13], Larry Guest of the Orlando Sentinel wrote in a September 1991 column that "civic and business leaders in Grand Rapids" considered DeVos "admirable, amicable, compassionate, honorable, community-conscious, intelligent", but that they wondered whether DeVos, who was about to begin running the Orlando Magic, was "strong enoughto make the tough decisions necessary as the chief operating officer overseeing an NBA franchise?" It meant a country where the only limit to what one could achieve was how hard one worked (I think being poor is something many people do, he said in a 1966 speech. According to Ponnuru, the study referenced by Harris, the National Assessment of Educational Progress, did "not sound nearly as helpful to Harris's case as he suggests". [148] Specific donations included $2.39million to the Grand Rapids Christian High School Association, $652,000 to the Ada Christian School, and $458,000 to Holland Christian Schools. Scarlet Envy depicted DeVos as "silly" and "martini-swilling. Richard DeVos was the father of Dan (owner of the Grand Rapids Griffins hockey team), Richard Jr. ("Dick", husband of former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and candidate for governor of Michigan ), Cheri, and Doug . [141][142] The foundation's giving, according to its website, is motivated by faith, and "is centered in cultivating leadership, accelerating transformation and leveraging support in five areas", namely education, community, arts, justice, and leadership. [28] Education-related philanthropy included the Richard M. and Helen DeVos Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation at Grand Valley State University,[29] the Richard and Helen DeVos Fieldhouse at Hope College[30] and the Richard and Helen DeVos Center for Arts and Worship at Grand Rapids Christian Schools. "[23], Thomas Bray of RealClearPolitics reported on June 21, 2006, that incumbent Jennifer Granholm was "in deep trouble," with DeVos surging "to a 4840 leadin a Detroit News/WXYZ-TV poll." In 2000, DeVos was the co-chairman of the "Kids First! The study would "use DNA fingerprinting technology pioneered recently at Michigan State University to identify specific sources of E. coli in different areas of the lake. [41] The DeVos family has been active in Republican politics for decades, particularly as donors to candidates and the party, giving more than $17million to political candidates and committees since 1989. He expressed concern "that some of the new products in the marketplace are either too dependent on tax incentives or subsidies" and not genuinely "viable and competitive". [127] The following day, the U.S. Wrong username or password. Family tree of Richard DEVOS. They've got to go if we want to help manufacturing and bring jobs back to Michigan." In 1990, DeVos won election to the Michigan State Board of Education, and resigned two years into his eight-year term, citing his return to Amway as CEO as the reason. Among its grantees are Kids Hope USA; the Helen DeVos Children's Hospital; the West Michigan Aviation Academy; the Regional Air Alliance of West Michigan; Mars Hill Bible Church; Potter's House; Grand Rapids Christian Schools; the Thunderbird School of Global Management; Willow Creek Association; ArtPrize Grand Rapids; the Education Freedom Fund; the Hugh Michael Beahan Foundation; Children First America; Florida P.R.I.D.E; New Urban Living; Rehoboth Christian School; Calvin College; Princeton University; Davenport University; Grove City College; Hope College; Little Star Inc.;[34] the American Education Reform Council; and Choices for Children. 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