Frank VanderSloot

About Frank VanderSloot

Frank VanderSloot founded and runs Melaleuca, which makes more than 450 products ranging from health supplements to eco-friendly household cleaners.

Melaleuca sells them direct from the factory to more than one million consumers every month through its online store.

Born into a poor farming family, he ran the farm while his father worked a railroad job, then lived in a laundromat to pay his way through school.

He is a major landowner -- with an estimated 148,000 acres across Idaho, Utah and Montana -- and he runs a leading purebred angus cattle operation.

He is also an active political donor, giving millions to Republicans. He was a national finance co-chair for Mitt Romney's two presidential bids.