Donald Gary Young

D. Gary Young

Young in November 2010
Born (1949-07-11) July 11, 1949
Salmon, Idaho
Residence Lehi, Utah
Nationality American
Alma mater Bernandean University
Occupation Former CEO of Young Living
Years active 1993–present
Home town Challis, Idaho
Spouse(s) Mary Billeter
Website dongaryyoung.com

Donald Gary Young (born July 11, 1949) is an American entrepreneur and writer who is known as the founder, president and former CEO of Young Living, a multi-level marketing company which sells essential oils and related products.[1]

Personal life

Young was born on July 11, 1949 in Salmon, Idaho, raised in Challis, Idaho and graduated from the Challis High School. After graduation, he moved to Canada, where he was granted land via the Homestead Act of British Columbia.[2] According to Young, at age 24 he suffered a near–fatal accident that left him in a wheelchair.[2] While rehabilitating, he became interested in alternative medicine, which, eventually, led him to experiment with the use of essential oils to relieve his pain.[2][3] Young is married to Mary Billeter, with whom he has two sons, Jacob and Josef.

Career

In 1982, Young's daughter drowned in childbirth during a water birth; the cause of death was attributed to oxygen deprivation.[4] Young had previously been warned against the practice by health inspectors and prosecutors[5] when he planned to a similar underwater birth with his then-wife Donna;[6] threatened with prosecution, Young "backed off".[6] In 1983 an undercover police officer asked Young if he would facilitate a water birth for her. He declined, but offered prenatal care and cancer treatment for the woman's mother. Young was then arrested by Washington State police for practicing medicine without a license.[5][7][8][9]

Young says he received a doctorate in naturopathy from Bernadean University in 1986,[10] which does not actually have degree-granting authority[11] and has been referred to as a "mail-order diploma mill".[12] Young has also claimed that he graduated from the American Institute of Phystoregenerology, but after the founder and operator of the institute denied this claim, Young admitted that "he never graduated from the institute."[6]

As of 1986 and 1987, Young was running the Rosarita Beach Clinic, in Tijuana, Mexico. The clinic provided blood analysis by mail. In an exposé by the Los Angeles Times, analysts for the clinic misdiagnosed samples, and failed to differentiate between human, chicken, and cat blood, a difference which a trained hematopathologist noticed immediately.[13]

In 1989, Young started cultivating plants in Spokane, Washington and built his first two distillation units.[3] In 1993, he founded Young Living Essential Oils, a Lehi, Utah-based company.[3][14] This company owns farms in Utah, France, and Ecuador and sells essential oils through multi-level marketing.[3][15][16][17] In 2016, Young Living claimed that it posted sales of over $1 billion in 2015,[18][19] making it the largest essential oils company.

Publications

Young authored several books on aromatherapy, health and superfoods.[20] His published books are:

References

  1. ↑ "Health symposium". Daily Herald (Utah). April 2, 2011. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 Gardner, Matt (August 9, 2014). "Therapeutic oils offer alternative approach to healing". Prince Albert Daily Hearld. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Workman Pitcock, Jennifer (July 1, 2013). "Young Living Essential Oils: Growing by Returning to its Roots". Direct Selling News. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
  4. ↑ Mills, Judy (October 17, 1982). "Babies: Home-style birthing continues to generate controversy here". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved September 10, 2015.
  5. 1 2 Clark, Doug (October 28, 1986). "Does he relieve people of pain or of their wallets?". Spokane Chronicle. Retrieved July 17, 2015.
  6. 1 2 3 Clark, Doug (October 28, 1986). "He seems to cure everything but a poor memory". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved September 10, 2015.
  7. ↑ Prager, Mike (March 10, 1983). "Arrest result of attempt to police all professions". Spokesman-Review. Retrieved July 17, 2015.
  8. ↑ Prager, Mike (March 9, 1983). "Police arrest 'doctor'". The Spokane Chronicle. Retrieved September 10, 2015.
  9. ↑ Hanson, Tim (March 9, 1983). "Man arrested on medical charge". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved September 10, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Gary Young Achievements". dgaryyoung.com. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Bernadean University is under a new name". bernadeanuniversity.tripod.com. Retrieved 2015-09-10.
  12. ↑ Barrett, Stephen (11 June 2011). "Bernadean University: A Mail-Order Diploma Mill". Quackwatch. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  13. ↑ Hurst, John (October 23, 1987). "'Patient' Submits Blood (From Cat), Is Given Diagnosis". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 17, 2015.
  14. ↑ "Utah born company expected to create 445 jobs over seven years". Daily Herald (Utah). December 25, 2014. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
  15. ↑ Sagers, Larry A. (May 20, 2012). "Herbs have a variety of uses – both in and out of doors". Deseret News. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
  16. ↑ "Run to celebrate Lavender Days". Daily Herald (Utah). June 13, 2008. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
  17. ↑ Hardy, Rodger (July 14, 1996). "ESSENTIAL OILS: FOUNDER OF COMPANY SAYS ANCIENT HERB EXTRACTS HOLD SECRETS OF MODERN HEALING.". Deseret News. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
  18. ↑ Kaneko, Jamie (7 February 2016). "Young Living Exceeds $1 Billion In Annual Sales For 2015". Yahoo Finance. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  19. ↑ Herald, Karissa Neely Daily. "Young Living tops $1 billion; Coldwell Banker Relocation Scholarship; Utah Geologists win national award". Daily Herald. Retrieved 2016-03-23.
  20. ↑ "D. Gary Young's Published Books". dgaryyoung.com. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
  21. ↑ "Aromatherapy: The Essential Beginning". Google Books. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
  22. ↑ "The Truth Behind Growth Hormone: Its Promise and Its Peril". abebooks.co.uk. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
  23. ↑ "Pregnenolone, a Radical New Approach to Health, Longevity, and Emotional Well-Being". abebooks.com. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
  24. ↑ "A New Route to Robust Health Paperback". Amazon.com. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
  25. ↑ "An Introduction to Young Living Essential Oils". Amazon.com. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
  26. ↑ "Essential Oils Integrative Medical Guide: Building Immunity, Increasing Longevity, and Enhancing Mental Performance With Therapeutic-Grade Essential Oils". paperbackswap.com. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
  27. ↑ "Raindrop Technique". Amazon.com. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
  28. ↑ "Discovery of the Ultimate Superfood". abebooks.com. Retrieved July 1, 2015.

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