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Shaklee company history timeline
Doctor Shaklee started the direct-sales company in San Francisco in 1956 and ran it with his two sons.
In 1956, Shaklee founded the Shaklee Corporation with his two sons to manufacture nutritional supplements.
The following year, in 1957, VITA LEA in tablet form was added to the product line.
1961 Shaklee introduced Instant Protein, one of the first soy protein isolate in the world.
1961 - Doctor Shaklee creates Instant Protein® www.vitaminrepresentative.com
In 1961 when the Berlin wall was being built, …
1962: The company establishes its first distributorship outside of California.
Eight years after the company opened its doors, the first Shaklee Convention was held in San Francisco with 150 Sales Leaders in attendance … 1964.
In 1971, the company opened a new research facility, the Forrest C. Shaklee Research Center, in Hayward, California.
1972 Shaklee introduced one of the first biodegradable laundry detergents in the world, which contains no phosphate, nitrate and borate.
The company changed its name to its current form in 1972 and went public the next year.
1972 – “Shaklee Products” was renamed “SHAKLEE CORPORATION”
In 1973, Shaklee Corporation became a publicly-held company on the stock exchange.
1975 … Shaklee Japan was established
The dispute was made all the more bitter by the fact that the competitor in question was Enhance, a health food company that had been founded by Robert J. Wooten shortly after he resigned as chairman and president of Shaklee in 1976.
1977 Shaklee listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
In 1978, the company sued former distributors Franklin and El Marie Gunnell for more than $1.6 million, charging that the Utah couple had illegally defamed Shaklee's products and interfered with its business relationships after signing on with a rival company.
In the early 1980’s when Monsanto was introducing genetically modified seeds which have created major health concerns, ………
Also in the 1980’s – Shaklee became the official Nutrition Consultant to the United States Ski Team
In 1980, the firm relocated its headquarters from an office complex on the Emeryville marina to a state-of-the-art skyscraper in downtown San Francisco's Financial District.
1981 - Shaklee introduces the first plant-based, sustained-release delivery system for vitamin C. www.vitaminrepresentative.com
In 1982, Shaklee became a Fortune 500 Company.
1983 First American to conquered Mt.
1983 - First American ascent up Mt.
1984: Shaklee is named Official Nutrition Consultant to the United States ski team.
In 1985, the company suffered a great loss when Doctor Forrest Shaklee died at the age of 91.
The corporation began to diversify in November 1986 when it purchased the Bear Creek Corporation, a direct marketing company best known for its Harry and David Fruit-of-the-Month Club operation, from RJR Nabisco for $123 million.
1986 First non-stop flight around the world on the Voyager was powered by Shaklee nutrition.
1986 Shaklee provided financial and nutrition support for the first recorded, unsupported expedition to the North Pole by dog sled, led by National Geographic award-winning polar explorer, author and educator, Will Steger.
1986 - First nonstop flight around the world on the Voyager is powered by Shaklee nutrition. www.vitaminrepresentative.com
1987 Daedalus Project, the longest human powered flight across the Aegean Sea, was powered by Shaklee Performance.
1987 - Shaklee Taiwan established www.vitaminrepresentative.com
1988 - Shaklee Malaysia was established
In February 1989, Shaklee sold its 78 percent interest in Shaklee Japan to the Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical Company for $350 million, while maintaining its licensing agreement and continuing to collect royalty payments from the Japanese operations.
In March 1989, Shaklee Corporation received an unsolicited acquisition proposal from a group led by Irwin L. Jacobs, the Minneapolis financier known also by his nickname "Irv the Liquidator". Analysts placed the leveraged buyout value of Shaklee at $35 a share.
1989 Shaklee provided financial and nutrition support for the trans-Antarctica expedition led by Will Steger, the first crossing of Antarctica on foot, covering 3700 miles.
1990 Shaklee’s non-toxic and biodegradable Basic-H® is chosen as one of the first official Earth Day products.
1991 Shaklee Household Cleaner s and Personal Care Products are selected to be used in the Biosphere 2 Project in Arizona.
1991 Shaklee introduced Basic-D®, one of the first phosphate-free automatic dishwashing detergents.
1991 - Shaklee Mexico established www.vitaminrepresentative.com
1992 Shaklee Cares®, a non-profit organization is established and committed to helping people directly affected by natural disasters and emergencies, as well as grass-roots citizen groups working in the impacted areas.
1992 – Shaklee household cleaners and personal care products were used in the Biosphere 2 (a World Renowned Environmental Project) in Arizona
1993 Shaklee started to provide NASA astronauts a customized rehydration beverage, AstroAide.
I'm 1993 Shaklee developed and supplied NASA astronauts a special rehydration beverage called Astro-Ade that is still used today!🚀
In 1994 the company loaded its calendar with events commemorating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Doctor Forrest Shaklee.
In 1994: First Woman to Run across Canada was … Powered by Shaklee Jo Wells, 44 year old woman from Burlington, Ontario, was the first woman to run completely across Canada from island to island.
1995 Shaklee provided financial and nutrition support for the third International Arctic Project led by Will Steger, the first surface crossing of the 2500 mile wide Arctic Ocean.
1996 Shaklee powered world class athletes won 8 gold medals in Atlanta Olympics.
The company's 1996 sales had reached almost $4 billion, and the following year the company broke ground with a kiko-shiki ceremony on the first part of a three-phase construction project expanding its manufacturing facility in Oklahoma.
The new Yamanouchi-Shaklee Pharmaceutical Research Center, opened in November 1997, began a close creative and financial relationship between Yamanouchi and Stanford University and forwarded Yamanouchi's plans for expanding into healthcare products.
In an unforeseen diversification in 1997, Shaklee joined with AT & T to sell the latter's phone services directly to consumers through Shaklee's 500,000 independent sales agents.
1998 Shaklee introduced the nutrition-based skin care lines, supported by 8 patterns and a million dollars in clinical studies.
The facility, once completed in 1998, became Yamanouchi's first United States-based pharmaceutical manufacturing plant.
Yamanouchi-Shaklee Pharma, the new pharmaceutical division, was spun off in 1999, as Yamanouchi Pharma Technologies Inc., a separate entity.
2000 Shaklee became the first company in the world to obtain the Climate Neutral™ certification, which certified that Shaklee totally offset its CO2 emissions, resulting in net zero impact on the environment.
In the spring of 2000, the company relocated its headquarters from downtown San Francisco to a new complex in suburban Pleasanton.
In April 2004, Yamanouchi sold Shaklee Corporation to American multi-millionaire Roger Barnett, managing partner of Activated Holdings LLC and a member of the Wolfson family, for $310 million.
2004 Shaklee powered world class athletes won 15 gold medals in Athens Olympics.
2004 Roger Barnett, Multi-Billionaire Purchased Shaklee and became the Chairman and CEO
2006 Shaklee powered US Ski Team and Snowboarding Team won 10 medals in Torino Winter Olympics.
2006 Shaklee held the first ever carbon neutral conference in San Francisco.
Shaklee opened in Taiwan … March 2007
2007 Shaklee introduced the revolutionary weight management line called Cinch™ and non-toxic and natural home care line called Get Clean™.
2007 Shaklee became the first company in the world to offset its carbon emissions by providing sustainable energy to villages in Africa in partnership with Millennium Promise.
Sir Richard Branson, world adventurer and outspoken environmentalist, accompanied Will Steger in 2007 on the 1,200 mile expedition on Baffin Island.
2011 - Commander Mark Kelly takes Shaklee Vitalizer on space shuttle Endeavor’s final mission. www.vitaminrepresentative.com
They opened in Indonesia in 2011
2012 - Shaklee Indonesia established www.vitaminrepresentative.com
2014 - Shaklee introduces MindWorks®, the latest advancement in brain science. www.vitaminrepresentative.com
2014 - Shaklee-powered worldclass Pure Performance athletes win 10 medals in Sochi, Russia.
Since someone is diagnosed in America every 67 seconds with Alzheimer’s Disease, Shaklee has recently applied it’s decades of research to Age-Related Cognitive Decline, and in 2014 just released an AMAZING product called MINDWORKS that is truly changing lives.
In April 2015, it was replaced by a NEW Research Centre to celebrate 100 years of innovative products.
2015 - Shaklee commissions total $7 billion worldwide. www.vitaminrepresentative.com
Mexico 2015 perspective on the world Jerome Glenn
In 2016, Shaklee won two Direct Selling Association subcategory awards for innovation in technology and product!
And the plan is to open in India in 2016
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