# David Brown

> David Brown is the co-founder, Chairman and CEO of ACTIVZ, a West Jordan, Utah direct-selling company he launched in 2017 with longtime partner Ryan Thompson. A self-described 'recovering lawyer' with a J.D. from Cornell and a Japanese degree from BYU, Brown traded corporate law for the nutrition business in 1994 and went on to lead some of the industry's best-known turnarounds - tripling Natural Balance, building Metabolife into the world's largest retail diet brand, and taking LifeVantage from roughly $3 million to more than $200 million. With ACTIVZ he built a multinational from day one, launching in Mexico before the United States and reaching markets across Latin America and Japan.

- **Role:** Co-founder, Chairman & CEO at ACTIVZ
- **Organizations:** ACTIVZ, Yevo, LifeVantage, Nutrition Business Advisors, Metabolife International, Natural Balance
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.A., Japanese, Brigham Young University, Juris Doctor (J.D.), Cornell University Law School
- **Known for:** Co-founded ACTIVZ in 2017 and built it into a multinational operating across the U.S., Mexico, Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Japan., Added roughly 30,000 distributors in a single year at ACTIVZ., Grew LifeVantage from roughly $3 million to more than $200 million during his tenure as CEO.

## Career timeline

- **1991** — Begins career as a corporate attorney at law firms including Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll and Kindel & Anderson.
- **1994** — Joins nutrition company Natural Balance as General Counsel, later becoming President.
- **2000** — Becomes CEO of Metabolife International, helping build it into the world's largest retail diet brand.
- **2003** — Founds consultancy Nutrition Business Advisors.
- **2008** — Appointed President & CEO of LifeVantage, leading its shift from retail to direct sales and growth past $200 million.
- **2014** — Named CEO of Yevo.
- **2017** — Co-founds ACTIVZ with Ryan Thompson, serving as Chairman & CEO; launches first in Mexico.

## Achievements

- Co-founded ACTIVZ in 2017 and built it into a multinational operating across the U.S., Mexico, Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Japan.
- Added roughly 30,000 distributors in a single year at ACTIVZ.
- Grew LifeVantage from roughly $3 million to more than $200 million during his tenure as CEO.
- Led Metabolife's transition from direct selling into the world's largest retail diet brand.
- More than tripled revenue at Natural Balance, expanding it from health-food channels into mass-market retail.

## Latest updates

- **2023-11** — Featured in Direct Selling News for building ACTIVZ as a 'multinational from the start,' citing double-digit growth and expansion across Latin America and Japan.

## Links

- Website: https://activz.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/david-brown-696a03117
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/ActivzU
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=er6C4dyIN88
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ActivzUSA

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Last updated: 2026-06-24