Dick and Betsy were early investors in home goods retailer At Home and own as much as $5 million worth of stock in Elon Musks privately held SpaceX. "ElectraTherm provides the core technology, Pro Services provides the installation ability and the knowledge of the customers' needs and Windquest then provides both financing and high-level business acumen."[17]. 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. 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. By the late 1990s, the family was the largest single contributor of soft money to the Republican Party, Betsy DeVos wrote in a 1997 op-ed. First new house on block where Emmett Till lived has sold. One of his daughters-in . After retiring from Alticor, DeVos returned to become president of The Windquest Group. [112] Asked by CBS 60 Minutes reporter Lesley Stahl about her repeal of Obama administration guidelines for colleges dealing with reports of sexual assaults, she said her concern was for men falsely accused of such assaults. [27] Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, called DeVos "the most ideological, anti-public education nominee" since the position became a cabinet position. "[38] In 2003, DeVos ran again for party chairman and was elected to the post without opposition. [4][146][155], DeVos was appointed by President George W. Bush to the board of directors of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in 2004, and served until 2010. Its how the DeVos family climbed from the working-class Dutch neighborhoods of Grand Rapids to become one of the wealthiest and most powerful families in American life, with the current secretary of education, Betsy DeVos, among its members. In 1984, he became one of Amway's vice presidents, with overall responsibility for the company's operations in 18 countries. Today one DeVos (Dicks brother Doug) and one Van Andel co-chair the board. [14][23] She is of Dutch ancestry. [169][170] DeVos was not named in the case. DeVos is known for her conservative political activism,[1] and particularly her support for school choice, school voucher programs, and charter schools. Richard M. DeVos has written few books in his time. This includes various donations of scholarships, buildings and uncountable financial donations. Growing up during the Great Depression, he credited his lifetime of success and happiness to the presence of a strong, caring, faith-based, values-oriented family. [16][39], The foundation has also given money to organizations that promote free-market economics, such as the Grand Rapids-based Acton Institute; the Heritage Foundation; and the Hudson Institute. RDV Corporation, the family office set up by Richard Sr., handles the familys non-Amway or Magic activities from a discreet building in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan. Meanwhile, Amway had bought Nutrilites controlling shares in 1972 and full ownership of the company by 1994. He is a businessman and a politician by profession. In an opinion editorial, the Chicago Tribune wrote that "DeVos has helped lead the national battle to expand education opportunities for children". 11th United States Secretary of Education, Opposition to limits on political spending, Benjamin Wermund and Kimberly Hefling (November 25, 2016). DeVos ran for governor of Michigan in 2006, but lost to Democrat Jennifer Granholm. [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. [4][5] In an interview that year, she also said that "changing the way we approach the system of education in the country really may have greater Kingdom gain in the long run". Doug was born in 1964 and is a businessman and President of Amway since 2002. [135], On January 7, 2021, DeVos resigned from her position as Secretary of Education after the January 6 U.S. Capitol riots. While lacking Granholm's "flashier qualities," DeVos's "business backgroundideally suits him to address the state's most vexing economic issues." [27] She graduated from Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in business economics in 1979. "[37] He told a reporter for the Grand Rapids Press: "If you're the kind of person who can't help but look up when you hear a plane overhead, then you're exactly the kind of person who will love this school.I have just a joy of flying.The world is such a different place when you can see it from 5,000 feet. Beloved husband of the late Berneita Ann (nee Heyman). [24] He was a dedicated opponent of same-sex marriage. She and her husband worked for the successful passage of Michigan's first charter-school bill in 1993,[27] and for the unsuccessful effort in 2000 to amend Michigan's constitution to allow tax-credit scholarships or vouchers. The couple had a total of four children, three sons and a daughter. [108], DeVos pushed for schools to re-open while coronavirus cases were still surging in large parts of the country. Being interested in sports, Robert invested $85 million in buying the National Basketball Association (NBA) franchise Orlando Magic in 1991. [12], DeVos also formerly owned the Orlando Solar Bears, Grand Rapids Griffins, and the Kansas City Blades, three International Hockey League franchises before that league folded;[13] the Solar Bears and Blades were closed as a result of the league folding, while the Griffins moved to the American Hockey League, and are now under the ownership of Dan DeVos, one of Richard's sons. Job cuts were one of several cut backs made during the corporate restructuring of Amway in order to expedite the return to profitability and prevent further downsizing or the possible loss of the company. DeVos later said that "It was kind of like a Junior Achievement atmosphere contained inside of Amway. [31][32] Former Fuller Seminary president Richard Mouw, with whom DeVos served on a committee, said she is influenced by Dutch neo-Calvinist theologian Abraham Kuyper, a founding figure in Christian Democracy political ideology. [109] On July 12, 2020, she said "there's nothing in the data that suggests that kids being in school is in any way dangerous to them", an assertion that public health experts disputed. [49][50], Betsy and her husband Dick are chief investors in and board members of Neurocore, a group of brain performance centers offering biofeedback therapy for disorders such as depression, attention deficit disorder, autism, and anxiety. In 2006, Richard and his wife, Helen, were recognized for their work and received the William E. Simon Prize for Philanthropic Leadership. The church, son Dick DeVos said in 2001, has been displaced by the public school.. A huckster as president? [158], In 2009, Betsy DeVos's son Rick DeVos founded ArtPrize, an international art competition held in Grand Rapids, Michigan. DeVos Children - Dick DeVos, Daniel DeVos, Doug DeVos and Suzanne DeVos The couple had a total of four children, three sons and a daughter. [129] She also received an honorary doctorate from the university. "I . As of 2016[update] approximately 16 percent of ArtPrize's $3.5million annual budget was provided by various foundations run by the DeVos family, with the rest provided by other foundations and local and national businesses. They worked on an airplane charter business, a sailing venture and even tried to run a hamburger stand, before they were introduced to Nutrilite. DeVos's husband and John Walton then founded All Children Matter, a political organization, which she chaired. [161] DeVos is a former member of the board of the Foundation for Excellence in Education (ExcelinEd),[162] an education think tank founded by Jeb Bush, the chairman since 2015 of which has been former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, and which has received donations from Bill Gates, Michael Bloomberg and Eli Broad. [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. 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. BushThe wealthy businessman and the political guru both worked to persuade wavering Republican lawmakers by assuring them they would have financial support if they faced recall elections over right-to-work, as happened in Wisconsin. They bought the manufacturing and distribution rights for Frisk, an organic cleaner, developed by an Ohio scientist and renamed it as Liquid Organic Cleaner or LOC. However, under Plyler v. Doe, the American Supreme Court ruled under the American constitution, schools are obligated to provide schooling irrespective of immigration status. When Nutrilite went belly up, they decided to apply the same direct sales technique to their own venture. "We are fortunate to have skilled scientists, committed conservationists and highly qualified academicians in West Michigan addressing this problem," DeVos told the Sentinel. [16], On November 23, 2016, then-President-elect Donald Trump announced that he would nominate DeVos to serve as Secretary of Education in his administration. They met in Grand Rapids, married, and eventually grew their family to include four children: Dick, Dan, Cheri, and Doug. [103], On April 11, 2017, DeVos undid several Obama administration policy memos issued by John King Jr. and Ted Mitchell which were designed to protect student loan borrowers. After that defeat, the DeVos family helped form the Michigan Freedom Fund to promote a right-to-work law. [26][160] Rick works for the Windquest Group[193] as a consultant on urban development, and is the founder of Grand Rapids' ArtPrize festival. [31] The Richard and Helen DeVos Foundation was in part responsible for funding the creation of the Sport Business Management Program at the University of Central Florida.[32]. Bray's conclusion was that "the DeVos ads are striking home with their message: that the Michigan economy is in a shambles, that Granholm has failed to develop a strategy to resurrect the state and that a hard-nosed businessman who owes nothing to anybody is just the guy to sort things out. In response, AFT noted that in the same survey of around 5,000 educators, 86% felt that Devos had disrespected them. Although Amway has come under scrutiny and criticism by several government organizations, the conglomerate recorded sales of $8.8 billion in 2018. [11] He became interested in the team after an unsuccessful effort to acquire a Major League Baseball expansion franchise for Orlando. [38], DeVos personally raised more than $150,000 for the 2004 Bush re-election campaign,[39] and hosted a Republican fundraiser at her home in October 2008 that was headlined by President George W. DeVos later acknowledged racism as an important factor in the history of historically black colleges. He was 92. [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?" In all, she has disclosed that her share of these outside holdingswhich do not include Amway or the Magicare worth at least $335 million. The American Civil Liberties Union has said that because of this, it would be unconstitutional for schools to report students or their families to ICE. Granholm, he said, "has talked about wanting business, but all of her actions and the actions of all the regulatory agencies and government agencies in this state have continued to create difficulties for business. The investigation into DeVry was not the only one stopped, others include those of Bridgepoint Education and Career Education Corporation. Rich DeVos used to tag along, noting the way the old mans neighborly demeanor and good humor gave him an instant rapport with customers. [51][54][55] In November 2019, Truth In Advertising filed complaints[56] against Neurocore with the Food and Drug Administration for unapproved medical devices[57] and the Federal Trade Commission for deceptive marketing. Richard Marvin DeVos Sr.[1] (March 4, 1926 September 6, 2018) was an American billionaire businessman, co-founder of Amway with Jay Van Andel (company restructured as Alticor in 2000), and owner of the Orlando Magic basketball team. Their slice of the familys portfolio of commercial real estate, private equity investments, mansions and yachts makes up the rest of the education secretarys net worth. DeVos and his wife have four children: Richard Marvin (Rick) III, Elisabeth (Elissa), Andrea, and Ryan, and eight grandchildren. ", DeVos defended the charter school system using graduation rates that were significantly higher than those used for state and federal accountability purposes. [163], DeVos in 2001 listed education activism and reform efforts as a means to "advance God's Kingdom". [30] She has been a member and elder of Mars Hill Bible Church in Grand Rapids. They reportedly own at least ten yachts, including the 164-foot Seaquest. [118], In a January 2018 speech, Devos said that the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) found that "60 percent of its teachers reported having moderate to no influence over the content and skills taught in their own classrooms." He was 92-years old at the time. Job-killing taxes like the SBT (Single Business Tax) punish job makers for creating jobs, providing their employees with benefits, and investing in new technology. He is married to Pamella Roland DeVos and the couple has three children together, Casey, Sydney and Cole. [82] As expected, there was a 5050 tie on the final vote, with all Democrats and independents, along with two Republicans (Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski), voting in opposition to DeVos, while the other fifty Republican senators voted in support of the confirmation, including Senator Jeff Sessions, who himself had been nominated by the Trump administration for the post of United States attorney general. We have the lowest personal income growth, the lowest business start-ups in the country. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTaXg5BwtxA, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7q3JLIFRjT0. [22] In 1987, President Ronald Reagan appointed DeVos to the President's Commission on the HIV Epidemic,[23] and was criticized at the time for characterizing people with AIDS as wanting "special treatment". 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. They went on to create different corporations like Amway Services, Amway Sales, and Amway Manufacturing to cater to the various needs of the company, which ultimately merged into one entity; the Amway Corporation in 1964. Together, Betsy DeVos, her husband and their four adult children are worth roughly $2 billion. Associated Press. DeVos is survived by his four adult children: Suzanne "Cheri" DeVos, Richard "Dick," Daniel G. and Douglas L. DeVos. [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. 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[124][125][126], Subsequent to the incident, the U.S. DeVos ran for governor of Michigan in 2006, but lost to Democrat Jennifer Granholm. This is a BETA experience. They continued to run the dealership and by 1958, the duo had managed to build a network of more than five thousand distributors. [16], A 2010 article reported on a Windquest venture called The Green Machine, which "converts waste heat that's the byproduct of a manufacturing process in liquid or gaseous form into electricity.". But DeVos helped to change that and, in the process, ushered in a new era of American politics, helping to marry free-market ideology and religious conservatism. Betsy, the daughter of auto parts magnate Edgar Prince and sister of Blackwater founder Erik. Richard Marvin DeVos Jr. (born October 21, 1955) is an American businessman and author. At the time, conservative Christians hadnt yet become a potent political force. Betsy, the daughter of auto parts magnate Edgar Prince and sister of Blackwater founder Erik Prince, owes the vast majority of her fortune to her marriage to Dick DeVos. would not be surprised if there are also those that would try to subvert the mission of this organization and this department," she stated. [6] DeVos is a graduate of the Forest Hills public school system. She was touring an area designed to resemble a hospital ward at Florida International University. [105][106], On September 12, 2018, DeVos lost the lawsuit brought by 19 states and the District of Columbia, which accused the Department of Education of improperly delaying implementation of regulations protecting student loan borrowers from predatory practices. Another entity, Windquest Group, manages Dick and Betsys personal investments from a few blocks away. "I remember the offices being down there and people working down there." The DVFF strives for impact through partnerships and funding primarily in West Michigan and Central Florida. "DeVos said she was thinking about the couple's interest in education and her husband Dick's love of flying. ", "Michigan Effort Shows G.O.P. They bought Gurwitch Products, a cosmetics and skincare manufacturer & marketer from Neiman Marcus in 2006 and owned it till 2016. Richard is the son of Simon Cornelius DeVos and Ethel Ruth Dekker. [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. [178], DeVos has been an advocate for the Detroit charter school system. Born on March 04, 1926 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA , United States (96 years) Born on March 04 36. 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[70][71][72] DeVos's comment was later lampooned by television personalities Kate McKinnon on Saturday Night Live, Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert and James Corden. Dutton, it contains a foreword by former President Gerald R. Ford. The initiative lost, with 69% of voters opposing the measure. ADA, Mich. (AP) Billionaire Richard DeVos, co-founder of direct-selling giant Amway, owner of the Orlando Magic and father-in-law of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, died Thursday. [54], DeVos and his wife have homes in Grand Rapids and Ada, Michigan. He believed in having strong family roots and would make every effort to spend enough time with his children, grandchildren and eventually with his great grandchildren. [153][154], DeVos has served as chairperson, board member, and treasurer of the Acton Institute and headed the All Children Matter PAC. [59], Detroit Free Press editor Stephen Henderson expressed concerns over DeVos's nomination, writing that "DeVos isn't an educator, or an education leader". "If the lawmakers later found themselves facing recalls or tough re-election fights, Mr. DeVos told them, he would be there to help. Apart from being a successful entrepreneur, he has authored a total of three books: Compassionate Capitalism, Hope from My Heart: Ten Lessons for Life and Believe! Granholm was quoted as saying she "admired his tenacity and his passion for Michigan". He left that job a. campaign committee, which sponsored a ballot-initiative that would have amended the Michigan constitution to allow vouchers and tuition tax credits for private K-12 education. "[43], DeVos and his wife contributed money to help fund a $500,000, 18-month private study of Lake Macatawa pollution sources, according to a June 2011 article. % felt that DeVos had disrespected them Granholm was quoted as saying she `` admired his and. 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