He would eventually sell off his stake for an undisclosed amount, but he continued to be compensated for his bearded likeness on company products.
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Burt Shavitz, co-founder and namesake for natural care product company Burt’s Bees, has died, the company said on Sunday. “If there is one thing we will keep in mind from Burt’s life, in our quickly-paced, hi-tech culture, it’s to never drop sight of our partnership with nature”, the organization stated in a statement. “You will be in our hearts forever”, a company statement read on the Burt’s Bees website.
“In 1970, Burt threw his mattress in his Volkswagen van and, along with a few buddies, drove upstate to the High Falls, New York, area”. He stumbled upon a swarm of bees on a fencepost. He credited God.
Shavitz lost out on a fortune.
She was hitchhiking home over the summer and Shavitz picked her up.
The skincare items would develop into ubiquitous and Shavitz’s face would be emblazoned on the packaging.
Mr Shavitz had worked as a photojournalist, capturing New York in the 1960s, the company said.
Shavitz was a reclusive beekeeper living in Maine when he met a hitchhiker named Roxanne Quimby.
In 2007, Clorox purchased Burt’s Bees for US$925 million. He liked to pass the time by watching wildlife. He missed out on $57 million.
“In the long run, I got the land, and land is everything… and money is nothing really worth squabbling about.”
Land is positively everything. This is what puts people six feet under. In the documentary he says, “A good day is when nobody shows up and you don’t have to go anywhere”. The two moved in together and began selling Quimby’s hand-cut candles and Shavitz’s honey at craft fairs. A converted turkey coop that he once called home still stands on the property as a token of the past. He lived in the small town of Parkman in a tiny cabin without a television, telephone, or hot water heater.
He used to be a photographer.
Shavitz also served in the Army in Germany and shot photos for Time-Life before leaving the city.
Shavitz probably had dry skin. Another Burt’s Bees achievement: It sends zero waste to landfills. Then added, “Well, as needed”.
Here’s the trailer for Burt’s Buzz.
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‘Now it’s up to us, the brand he helped build-and you, his fans and advocates-to sustain his spirit and ideals. However Shavitz himself did not seem to care about the financials too much.
