Mike Akins has been successfully involved in Network Marketing (MLM) for 56 years (as of 2023).

Throughout his career, his MLM income allowed him to purchase conventional businesses such as auto body shops, restaurants, health gyms, truck stop, RV Park, convenience store, market and research company, and real estate. During the 2000s, he sold all of these conventional businesses to focus solely on MLM.

In the mid-1990s, Mike financed a study conducted by one of his companies, Research & Marketing Consultants. The research from this company lasted 3½ years, covering 40-50 years of network marketing history. At the time, it was the only extensive study on network marketing. The research examined 342 opportunities and eventually more than 1,000 opportunities. The study looked at product and marketing trends, attrition/retention factors, and why some companies grow but others don’t.

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Mike hired a staff to support his distributors and customers. Some of those staff members are still with him today and serve on the board of directors. His staff consists of both young and older individuals. He benefits from new ideas as well as wisdom from the older teammates.

Mike worked a company for the past 23 years. In that company, his organization grew to several hundred thousand distributors and customers generating $20-25 million in monthly volume with 80% of the company’s top leaders in his downline. Through his staff and many great leaders in the field, he was able to achieve a fantastic retention level.  

That company’s internal legal department was too aggressive. The legal department suspended several dozen distributors because of activity in their personal lives. In addition, the company also did away with the 50 LP level of purchases, requiring a networker to now purchase 100 LP per month (approximately $130-200) to qualify for income. Mike decided he no longer could recruit individuals into that company.

Now everyone that follows him into this company knows what to look forward to. We plan to repeat and accomplish even more than we did over the last 23 years. Mike met with Greg Gunderson, the founder of GreatLife Worldwide. Greg met Mike’s first requirement of being humanitarian. He cares about his distributors and will look out for them. Greg also has experience as a distributor and owner.

Mike is in excellent shape and plans to live beyond 100 years. He lives a healthy lifestyle and does cardio five times a week, weight lifts, and does karate and yoga. At 75 years old, Mike plays basketball with individuals in their mid-20s. When he was 70, he took a biological test to see what his actual age was. He tested at 35 years old! Mike has studied nutrition since he was 19 years old and has taken almost every nutritional product in existence.

Mike Akins’ mission and purpose in life is to make a difference in health, financially, and spiritually in as many people possible throughout the world.