Richard wright biography advocare

In May 2007, Richard H. Wright became president and CEO of AdvoCare.
To celebrate, we asked AdvoCare President and CEO Richard Wright and his wife Sherry about their favorite AdvoCare products.
Wright decided that he could make more of a difference in people's lives, specifically in the lives of AdvoCare's thousands of distributors, by.

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But Now I See

One of the top bobsledders in the world and leader of the four-man American team, Steven Holcomb had finished sixth in the 2006 Olympics and medaled in nearly every competition he entered. He was considered a strong gold contender for the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games. Talented, aggressive, and fearless, he was at the top of his game. But Steven Holcomb had a dangerous secret.

Steven Holcomb was going blind.

In the prime of his athletic career, he was diagnosed with keratoconus—a degenerative disease affecting 1 in 1,000 and leaving 1 in 4 totally blind without a cornea transplant. In the world of competitive sports, it was a dream killer. Not a sport for the timid, bobsledding speeds approach 100 miles per hour through a series of hairpin turns. Serious injuries—even deaths—can result. But Holcomb kept his secret from his coach, sled mates, and the public for months and continued to drive the legendary sled The Night Train.

When he finally told his coach, Holcomb was led to a revolutionary treatment, later named the Holcomb C3-R. With his sight restored to

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AdvoCare Review: Health & wellness with strong retail focus

AdvoCare, founded by Charles Ragus in 1993, are based out of the US state of Texas.

Before AdvoCare, Ragus worked as a regional vice president for Fidelity Union Insurance, and as a multi-level marketing distributor for Herbalife.

Today AdvoCare is headed up by CEO Brian Connolly.

Brian Connolly (right) cut his MLM teeth over at Avon. Having joined the company back in 1978, Connolly worked his way up to Executive Vice President of Global Sales.

Connolly’s appointment to CEO earlier this month follows the retirement of Richard Wright in September. Wright had been CEO of AdvoCare since 2007.

On the legal front, courtesy of Wikipedia’s AdvoCare entry;

In July 2008, Olympic swimmer Jessica Hardy tested positive for the banned breathing enhancer, clenbuterol.
Hardy said she had never heard of the substance, attributing the positive result to either a tainted supplement or sabotage.
At the time, Hardy had been taking the supplement Arginine Extreme, which she had received for free from AdvoCare in e
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AdvoCare
American dietary supplement company
Not to be confused with Advocare, the Medicare Advantage plan from Security Health Plan of Wisconsin.
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AdvoCare International, LLC is an American dietary supplement company. They are a direct sales company and a former multi-level marketing company that was charged with operating a pyramid scheme.^[3]^[4] The company, headquartered in Richardson, Texas,^[5] was founded in 1993 by Charles Ragus.
History
Charles Ragus founded AdvoCare in 1993 as a multi-level marketing (MLM) company to distribute dietary supplement products.^[6]^[7] The name AdvoCare is short for "Advocates Who Care".^[8] Before founding AdvoCare, Ragus worked as a regional vice president for Fidelity Union Insurance, and as a MLM distributor for Herbalife. He had initially founded the MLM company Omnitrition International in 1989. Ragus was in training camp with the National Football League's Kansas City Ch