Opportunity
1984
Nu Skin International opens for business with eight products and less than $5,000 in start-up capital.
1990
Construction begins on corporate headquarters high rise in Provo, Utah.
1990
Nu Skin opens its first international market: Canada.
1991
Nu Skin achieves $500 million in sales.
1991
Nu Skin opens Hong Kong, its first market in the Greater China region
1991
Nu Skin opens its 200,000 square foot distribution center in Provo, Utah.
1992
Nu Skin leads the industry with an innovative Preferred Customer registration process and Seamless Global Compensation plan
1993
Nu Skin opens Japan, the first market in the North Asia region
1993
Nu Skin opens in the Pacific- Australia and New Zealand
1994
Nu Skin begins operations in Latin America with the opening of Mexico.
1994
Nu Skin celebrates its 10th anniversary at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
1995
Nu Skin opens Europe.
1996
Nu Skin becomes a public company traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “NUS.”
1996
Blake Roney becomes Chairman of the Board.
1996
Nu Skin reaches $1 billion in annual sales.
1997
Nu Skin opens Thailand, first country in the Southeast Asia region
1997
Nu Skin launches its first Web site (nuskin.com).
1998
Big Planet is launched.
1998
Pharmanex is acquired and adopts direct selling model
Nu Skin opens Pharmanex operations in Asia
2000
Joe Chang named president of Pharmanex.
2003
Nu Skin opens more than 100 retail outlets in Mainland China.
2003
Truman Hunt named President and CEO.
2004
Nu Skin exceeds $1 billion in annual revenue for the first time in company’s history.
2005
Nu Skin's ranked #1 by the Wall Street Journal based on stock price history in the Personal Care Products Category.
2006
Nu Skin paid more than $500 million to distributors in 2006, equivalent to almost $1.4 million every day
2006
Joseph Chang appointed chief scientific officer and executive vice president of product development.
2006
Nu Skin received approval from the Chinese Ministry of Commerce to commence direct selling in Mainland China – one of the first international companies to receive such approval.
2008
Nu Skin surpasses $6 billion in total distributor commissions paid since Nu Skin’s founding.