Frank VanderSloot
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| Basic facts | |
| Organization: | Melaleuca |
| Role: | CEO |
| Location: | Idaho Falls, Idaho |
| Affiliation: | Republican |
| Education: | Brigham Young University (B.S. business management, 1972) |
| Website: | Official website |
Frank VanderSloot is the CEO of Melaleuca, an online wellness and nutrition retail club headquartered in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Under VanderSloot, Melaleuca, according to thier website, generates over billion dollars in revenue a year.[1]
VanderSloot, a billionaire, owns Riverbed Ranch, a registered Angus cattle ranch. VanderSloot is also on the board of directors of the United States Chamber of Commerce.[2]
Career
Prior to becoming the CEO of Melaleuca in 1985, Frank VanderSloot was vice president of ADP, the payroll automation firm, and Cox Communications.[3] In 1985, VanderSloot along with Roger Ball founded Melaleuca; VanderSloot had taken an earlier investment with Ball and altered the business model in the mold of other "multilevel marketing" ventures like Amway, whereby distributors can buy various quantities of a product and sell it to consumers or another level of distributors, from whom they would get a percentage of the sales from the levels below them.[3][4]
VanderSloot is on the board of directors of the United States Chamber of Commerce.[5] He also owns Riverbed Ranch, which is a certified Angus cattle ranch.[6]
In 2013, VanderSloot had sued Mother Jones for $74,900 over references made in a 2012 article on VanderSloot's financial contributions to then-presidential candidate Mitt Romney and references to a full-page newspaper ad taken out by VanderSloot regarding the sexual orientation of a former journalist, who had reported on sexual abuse within the Boy Scouts. In October 2015, Idaho's Fourth District Judge, Darla Williamson, dismissed VanderSloot's lawsuit against Mother Jones. Williamson stated that the statements made by Mother Jones were "non-actionable truth or substantial truth."[7][8]
Political contributions
Between 2008 and 2013, Frank Vandersloot contributed $213,300 to the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC).[9][10][11][12][13][14] In 2014, Vandersloot gave $30,800 to the Republican National Committee (RNC).[15]
In 2015, VanderSloot has made several contributions to political candidates, including $5,400 to Mike Crapo for U.S. Senate, $2,700 to Carly for America, $5,200 to Marco Rubio for President, $10,200 to the Rubio Victory Committee, $5,000 to Marco Rubio's Reclaim America PAC and $33,400 to Kevin McCarthy's (R-Calif.) McCarthy Victory Fund.[16][17][18][19][20][21]
Endorsements
Presidential preference
2016 presidential endorsement
✓ VanderSloot endorsed Marco Rubio for the Republican primary in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.[22]
- See also: Endorsements for Marco Rubio
Media
Top influencers by state
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See also
- United States Chamber of Commerce
- National Republican Senatorial Committee
- Republican National Committee
- Mike Crapo
- Kevin McCarthy
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Melaleuca, "About our CEO, Frank VanderSloot," accessed October 30, 2015
- ↑ United States Chamber of Commerce, "Board of Directors," accessed March 8, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Idaho Falls Magazine, "Discussion with Frank VanderSloot, CEO Melaleuca, Inc.," January 6, 2014
- ↑ Forbes, "If You Believe," October 11, 2004
- ↑ U.S. Chamber of Commerce, "Board of Directors," accessed October 30, 2015
- ↑ Riverbend Ranch, "Home," accessed October 30, 2015
- ↑ Boise Weekly, "Mother Jones Prevails in Defamation Suit Filed by Idaho Billionaire Frank VanderSloot," October 8, 2015
- ↑ The Spokesman-Review, "Idaho judge dismisses VanderSloot's defamation suit, but criticizes Mother Jones magazine's reporting," October 7, 2015
- ↑ FEC, "FEC Form 3X, NRSC," accessed October 30, 2015
- ↑ FEC, "FEC Form 3X, NRSC," accessed October 30, 2015
- ↑ FEC, "FEC Form 3X, NRSC," accessed October 30, 2015
- ↑ FEC, "FEC Form 3X, NRSC," accessed October 30, 2015
- ↑ FEC, "FEC Form 3X, NRSC," accessed October 30, 2015
- ↑ FEC, "FEC Form 3X, NRSC," accessed October 30, 2015
- ↑ FEC, "FEC Form 3X, RNC," accessed October 30, 2015
- ↑ FEC, "FEC FORM 3X, Mike Crapo for U.S. Senate," accessed October 30, 2015
- ↑ FEC, "FEC Schedule A-P, Carly for America," accessed October 30, 2015
- ↑ FEC, "Marco Rubio for President," accessed October 30, 2015
- ↑ FEC, "FEC Form 3X, Rubio Victory Committee," accessed October 30, 2015
- ↑ FEC, "FEC Form 3X, Reclaim America PAC," accessed October 30, 2015
- ↑ FEC, "FEC Form 3X, McCarthy Victory Fund," accessed October 30, 2015
- ↑ Politico, "Marco Rubio scores megadonor Frank VanderSloot," November 18, 2015
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