Since 2004 Direct Selling News has been dedicated to telling stories focused on relating the opportunities direct sellers provide to millions of independent business owners around the globe. So it seemed only fitting for DSN to further recognize the industry by compiling a comprehensive list, starting in 2010, of the top direct selling companies in the world.

Click here to order the September 2017 issue in which this article appeared. ZIJA INTERNATIONAL Founded: 2005 Headquarters: Lehi, Utah Top Executive: Ryan Palmer, President and CEO Products: health and wellness Ryan Palmer As it often is for serial entrepreneurs, Ken Brailsford’s retirement was temporary. Eight years after he closed the books on a 35-year network marketing career—during which he founded […]

It was Sept. 9, 2009, or 9/9/09 at 9 p.m., an auspicious day and time to start a company, if you follow the tenets of Chinese culture.

There has been a remarkable story unfolding at It Works! over the past few years.