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Richard DeVos

1926 - 2018

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Richard Marvin DeVos Sr. (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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard DeVos has received more than 1,824,758 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Richard DeVos is the 605th most popular businessperson (down from 518th in 2019), the 9,009th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,017th in 2019) and the 205th most popular American Businessperson.

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  • 44.89

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  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Richard DeVos ranks 605 out of 847. Before him are Steve Wynn, Christian von Koenigsegg, Robert Ripley, Isabel dos Santos, John C. Malone, and Erick Thohir. After him are Daniel Levy, Mark R. Hughes, Katerina Tikhonova, Jerry Sanders, Dustin Moskovitz, and Micky Arison.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Richard DeVos ranks 431. Before him are Torfi Bryngeirsson, Lily Carlstedt, José Manuel Caballero, Robert Bly, Loris Campana, and Georges Gandil. After him are Jesús Loroño, Nel van Vliet, Ernst Larsen, Verne Gagne, Walter Lassally, and Adriano Directo Emperado. Among people deceased in 2018, Richard DeVos ranks 418. Before him are Gardner Dozois, László Fábián, Diana Der Hovanessian, George Deukmejian, Piotr Szulkin, and Alberto Fouilloux. After him are Daniel Akaka, Fatos Arapi, Pierre Pincemaille, Carlo Vanzina, Yvonne Blake, and Katie Boyle.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard DeVos ranks 9,009 out of 20,380. Before him are King Curtis (1934), Shane West (1978), Mae Questel (1908), Earl Wild (1915), William Varley (1880), and Sheree North (1932). After him are Brad Friedel (1971), Logan Lerman (1992), Loren Murchison (1898), Daniel Akaka (1924), Jeannie Pepper (1958), and Mark R. Hughes (1956).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Richard DeVos ranks 205. Before him are Donald Trump Jr. (1977), Alan Eustace (1957), Marc Randolph (1958), Steve Wynn (1942), Robert Ripley (1890), and John C. Malone (1941). After him are Mark R. Hughes (1956), Jerry Sanders (1936), Dustin Moskovitz (1984), Lamar Hunt (1932), Clyde Cessna (1879), and George Steinbrenner (1930).

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