Career highlight: China
When asked to share a highlight of his career, Van Andel talked of traveling with his dad to China in the early 1970s when he was in his teens.
They spent time walking around Shanghai and Beijing so the elder Van Andel could observe people.
He remembers his dad telling him he was curious about where the Amway business could go in the future.
"I'll never forget being with him and talking with him about it and then 20 years later, I remember cutting the ribbon and opening up China," Van Andel said.
China is now Amway's biggest market, generating more than one-third of its sales.
