Dexter Yager, pictured above left, may be the greatest networker of all time..
The Criteria?
I used four criteria.
First, they had to be big earners. But for that I calculated total, network related earnings. Thus some of the biggest earners were in companies with a low payout but made their money from other related businesses.
Second, how large did they build their core group, that is, the network that worked directly with them? Some top earners cannot fill an auditorium. Others can fill soccer stadiums on a regular basis.
Third, how long did they sustain those numbers?
And finally what innovations did they introduce that impacted their company or the entire networking industry? Keep in mind, this Hall of Fame does not include the corporate founders, these are the "networkers" themselves, the men and women who built the groups.
First, they had to be big earners. But for that I calculated total, network related earnings. Thus some of the biggest earners were in companies with a low payout but made their money from other related businesses.
Second, how large did they build their core group, that is, the network that worked directly with them? Some top earners cannot fill an auditorium. Others can fill soccer stadiums on a regular basis.
Third, how long did they sustain those numbers?
And finally what innovations did they introduce that impacted their company or the entire networking industry? Keep in mind, this Hall of Fame does not include the corporate founders, these are the "networkers" themselves, the men and women who built the groups.
Founders
There are many talented founders of Network Marketing companies who would be in any MLM Hall of Fame. This site exclusively features the distributors, themselves.
About the list.
Having traveled the world for many years now and spoken at networking conventions and met and known many of its leaders, I have offered my own subjective list for a network marketing hall of fame. I offer the names of these business people very humbly and respectfully, knowing full well that I have missed some important leaders and hoping that you will correct me. By the same token I have resisted the names of many famous and successful business people who earned a lot of money but did not otherwise impact their industry.
I have not included many of the legendary founders, like Rich Devos, Jay Van Andal, David McConnell, Mary Kay Ash, Mark Hughes, A. L Williams, Ken Brailsford. Nor did I include the new investor innovators like Roger Barnett. This list does not include the popular speakers, Jim Rohn, Zig Ziglar, Brian Tracy, Billy Zeoli and Robert Kiyosaki. Maybe someday I will do those lists. But each one of the following men and women actually built their own significant, personal networks into the hundreds of thousands.
Many on this list have made mistakes but so to have most of the rest of us. And some have done extraordinary things for their countries and the world. They work with different companies and each have their different ideas and personalities. What they have in common is uncommon results.
Today, there are many pretenders and experts floated on the internet by shill websites. Some of these experts have never sponsored a single person themselves. But I have met most of the people on my list and spoken to their groups in coliseums or soccer stadiums and been in their homes and I can say that their accomplishments are real.
- Doug Wead