Rick Goings
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Rick Goings is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Tupperware Brands Corporation, a multi-billion dollar global portfolio of direct selling companies. The portfolio includes not only Tupperware, but multiple beauty brands including Avroy Shlain Cosmetics, BeautiControl, Fuller Cosmetics, NaturCare, Nutrimetics, Nuvo Cosmetics and Armand Dupree brands.
Goings attended Guilford College
in Greensboro, North Carolina
, and then served in the US Navy as a navigator on the USS Power
, a World War II-era destroyer. After leaving the service he created a direct sales company, Dynamics, in 1970. He sold it in 1978. In 1985 he was hired in Avon Products
and became the head of the cosmetics division. He joined Tupperware in 1992 and became its chief executive in 1997.
He resides in Isleworth, Windermere, Florida
with his wife, Susan Porcaro Goings. He says he is traveling 70 percent of his time and practices Transcendental Meditation
"most afternoons".
Goings attended Guilford College
Guilford College
Guilford College, founded in 1837 by members of the Religious Society of Friends , is an independent college whose stated mission is to: provide a transformative, practical and excellent liberal arts education that produces critical thinkers in an inclusive, diverse environment, guided by Quaker...
in Greensboro, North Carolina
Greensboro, North Carolina
Greensboro is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the third-largest city by population in North Carolina and the largest city in Guilford County and the surrounding Piedmont Triad metropolitan region. According to the 2010 U.S...
, and then served in the US Navy as a navigator on the USS Power
USS Power (DD-839)
USS Power was a of the United States Navy, the first Navy ship named for First Lieutenant John V. Power, USMC , who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism in the Battle of Kwajalein....
, a World War II-era destroyer. After leaving the service he created a direct sales company, Dynamics, in 1970. He sold it in 1978. In 1985 he was hired in Avon Products
Avon Products
Avon Products, Inc. is a US cosmetics, perfume and toy seller with markets in over 140 countries across the world and sales of $9.9 billion worldwide as of 2007.-Business Model:...
and became the head of the cosmetics division. He joined Tupperware in 1992 and became its chief executive in 1997.
He resides in Isleworth, Windermere, Florida
Isleworth, Windermere, Florida
Isleworth is a private golf community in Windermere, Florida, in Orange County.Located outside the Orlando city limits, the community is desirable for its proximity to the city's downtown, its location within the Butler chain of lakes, and as a local status symbol of wealth and grandeur.Isleworth...
with his wife, Susan Porcaro Goings. He says he is traveling 70 percent of his time and practices Transcendental Meditation
Transcendental Meditation
Transcendental Meditation refers to the Transcendental Meditation technique, a specific form of mantra meditation, and to the Transcendental Meditation movement, a spiritual movement...
"most afternoons".