Forever Living Products
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| Type | Private |
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| Founded | 1978 |
| Headquarters | Scottsdale, Arizona, USA |
| Key people | Rex G. Maughan, Founder and CEO |
| Industry | Network Marketing |
| Revenue | $2.1 billion in 2007 |
| Employees | 4,100 in 2005 / 2006.[1][2] |
| Website | www.foreverliving.com |
Forever Living Products (FLP), Forever Living Products International, Inc., is a Scottsdale, Arizona-based multi-level marketing (MLM) distribution company that sells Aloe vera and Bee derived drinks, cosmetics, nutritional supplements, and personal care products in over 137 countries.[1][2] FLP was founded by Rex Maughan in 1978 who is also the CEO.[2] The company was ranked #340 in the Forbes list of the 500 largest private companies in 2006,[2] however, the company did not make the list in 2007. FLP uses a system of multi-level marketing (MLM) where distributors are mainly part-time agents selling products online and locally using in-person presentations.[3]
Forever Living also operates Forever Resorts, which owns and operates more than 65 vacation and entertainment properties located in or near National Parks, Recreation Areas and National Forests across the United States. Forever Resorts operates 20 properties in Europe and Africa. Their most famous property is the Southfork Ranch in Texas, which became a household name thanks to the television show "Dallas". Additionally, Forever Resorts manufactures houseboats in factories located in Arizona and Indiana. These houseboats are provided as rentals in Forever Resorts' marinas.
[edit] Zataz.com Case
In France Forever Living Products sues Zataz.com [4] for disclosing, in 2008, a critical security flaw concerning their publicly accessible FTP server.
The server was configured to allow anonymous FTP connections, and contained confidential data (including banking details) available to anyone on the Internet[4][5][6]. As usual in the IT security field, Zataz.com informed Forever Living Products and waited for them to fix the flaw before disclosing any information[6][7].
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Forever Living Products International, Inc. Company Overview". hoovers.com. http://www.hoovers.com/forever-living/--ID__46809--/free-co-factsheet.xhtml. Retrieved 2008-06-29.
- ^ a b c d "The Largest Private Companies No.340 Forever Living Products Intl, 2006". forbes.com. http://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/21/biz_06privates_Forever-Living-Products-Intl_4L21.html. Retrieved 2008-06-29.
- ^ "Forever Living Products hopes to see sales up in H2". Ziarul Financiar. August, 2006. http://www.zf.ro/articol_91703/forever_living_products_hopes_to_see_sales_up_in_h2.html. Retrieved 2008-06-29.
- ^ a b "Legal information". legalis.com. September, 2009. http://www.legalis.net/breves-article.php3?id_article=2587. Retrieved 2009-09-25.
- ^ "Zataz condamné après avoir filé un coup de main à une société". pcinpact.com. January, 2009. http://www.pcinpact.com/actu/news/48753-zataz-faille-securite-trou-signalement.htm.
- ^ a b "On recommence tout depuis le début". zataz.com. August, 2009. http://www.zataz.com/news/19391/jugement--zataz.html.
- ^ "Un journaliste condamné pour avoir signalé une faille de sécurité informatique". lemonde.fr. September, 2009. http://www.lemonde.fr/technologies/article/2009/09/23/un-journaliste-condamne-pour-avoir-signale-une-faille-de-securite-informatique_1244238_651865.html.
