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Since its inception in 1980, Mark Hughes' Herbalife International has ridden a perpetual rollercoaster of highs and lows. Despite these storms of negative publicity, no one can argue that a resilient Hughes has done a magnificent job of keeping his company out of the rain. Recent distributor claims estimate sales around the billion dollar mark. Like many other market-savvy companies, Herbalife has also taken to the information superhighway. An internet search revealed hundreds of websites, mostly those of distributors and a couple of Herbalife company pages.