Mark Hughes – A Troubled Youth

Mark Hughes always claimed to have had a difficult upbringing, growing up in a single-parent family in La Mirada, Los Angeles County. His mother was over-weight, and fought a constant battle with mental health problems. Throughout his childhood, she was involved in numerous fad-diets, none of which seemed to meet with much success, and Hughes spent a lot of time being brought up by his grandparents. By ninth grade he had dropped out of school, and by the age of 16 he was involved in drug abuse and had been sent to a private school for troubled teenagers. While he was at this school, his mother died of an accidental drug overdose.
لطالما ادعى مارك هيوز انه عاش طفولة صعبة. حيث كبر في منزل ام عزباء. وكانت والدته تعاني من زيادة الوزن . وكانت خلال طفولته تحاول إنقاص وزنها ولكنها كانت تفشل دائماً. وكانت تعاني من ازمات عقلية. ولطالما قضى هيوز ايامه وهو صغير لدى بيت جده. انفصل عن المدرسة في الصف التاسع وفي سن السادسة عشره كان لديه مشاكل مع المخدرات وارسل الي مدرسة خاصة في الاطفال الذين يعانون من مشاكل مع المخدرات.

Hughes Creates Herbalife


The Famous Slogan Hughes Used To Promote Herbalife
But the school turned Hughes’ life around. Driven by an almost maniacal desire to solve the problems that had plagued his mother, Hughes became involved in several weight-loss products, before developing his own brand – Herbalife – in 1980. Herbalife began as a protein shake designed to replace two meals-per-day, and lead to weight-loss without the need to exercise. Hughes began by selling the powder from the trunk of his car, but he soon acquired a warehouse and very quickly it was apparent that the company was experiencing phenomenal growth. By 1985 he had moved to a high-rise tower block in Los Angeles, sales had reached an unbelievable $423million dollars, and Herbalife was listed as the fastest growing private company in America, with a growth rate of more than 100,000%