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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. In 2012, Forbes magazine listed him as the 60th wealthiest person in the United States, and the 205th richest in the world, with an estimated net worth of $5.1 billion. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Richard DeVos is the 632nd most popular businessperson (down from 604th in 2024), the 9,958th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,008th in 2019) and the 219th most popular American Businessperson.

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Among businesspeople, Richard DeVos ranks 632 out of 847. Before him are Mark R. Hughes, Billy Beane, Marc Faber, Marina Berlusconi, Bernard Knubel, and Laurent Mekies. After him are Oleg Tinkov, Erik Prince, Joanna Hoffman, Sam Altman, Benito Archundia, and Jerry Sanders.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Richard DeVos ranks 451. Before him are Bill Black, Jorge Enrique Adoum, Jacques Swaters, Erna Schneider Hoover, Audrey Williamson, and Zygmunt Chychła. After him are Manorama, Katie Boyle, Zena Marshall, Ralph Abernathy, Shohachi Ishii, and Maria Janion. Among people deceased in 2018, Richard DeVos ranks 462. Before him are Ute Bock, Mary Midgley, Charles Vinci, Asma Jahangir, Nicanor de Carvalho, and Emiliano Mondonico. After him are Katie Boyle, Steven Bochco, Ed King, Johan van Hulst, Sabit Hadžić, and Wenceslao Padilla.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard DeVos ranks 9,960 out of 20,380. Before him are Raymond T. Odierno (1954), Lucky Thompson (1924), Butch Vig (1955), Charles Brown (1922), Evan Handler (1961), and Paul Steinhardt (1952). After him are Bukka White (1906), Valerie Harper (1939), Lucinda Williams (1937), Lorenzo Snow (1814), Gabrielle Union (1972), and Edward Kienholz (1927).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Richard DeVos ranks 219. Before him are Irving Kristol (1920), Bruce Buck (1946), Steve Forbes (1947), Richard Bass (1929), Mark R. Hughes (1956), and Billy Beane (1962). After him are Erik Prince (1969), Sam Altman (1985), Jerry Sanders (1936), David Filo (1966), Jerry Jones (1942), and Abigail Johnson (1961).

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