Burt's Bees - The Fantastic Story

Burt's Bees is a big player in the lip balm and cosmetics industry. The story of the company's founders and how it all started is unlike any other. This video follows the rise of the company while featuring some unique transfers of ownership.

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[charlirogers]

There's a whole documentary. She tricked him into signing that contract. They weren't together when he started dating a younger woman. He didn't want the company to be part of a huge corporation. She flat out lied to get him to sign away his part. She got rich, he was left broken hearted and betrayed. But she never got over what she did. Her adult son admitted it haunted her and she was guilty. Hense the 4 million. Also, he gave her the bigger share because she had a son, he had no kids. He was a true gentleman.

[doctorpope_]

I was a lifelong Chapstick user who made the switch to Burt’s Bees. I also saved 15% or more on car insurance.

[joeblow]

I love how Clorox keeps its ownership of Burt's Bees on the DL

[agargoyle]

As a farmer, let me tell you: beekeepers are weird

[thefish_]

Wait, chapstick isn't just a general term?

[ninja]

I knew the late Burt Shavitz, he was an odd lovable man. His lifestyle was not hippie though, he just was disillusioned with the modern world, if you wanted to put it in a political sense, he was like a Whig from over 150 years ago. His Semi-rustic way of living was his way of finding quiet so he could rest his easily frayed nerves. He was not quick to anger, but much of the hypocritical and polarized nature of the modern world would inrage him. He lived a simple semi-hermetic life in nature so he could just tune out the world and relax him self. You had to meet the man to understand. I'll close this comment with this, Happy trails Burt, you lovable son of a bitch, rest easy man.

[FellowContentCreator]

"The Decline of..." series seems to be the most popular. Tbh I would love to see many more of those. Good research

[DeMarrJames]

I feel like this is 1 of the few YouTubers that is a real person. Just loves to learn & share his interest. It's refreshing. Keep up the quality videos man!

[josephking]

$4million is a lot of money for anyone, especially someone with the lifestyle that Burt lived.

[TheCamra]

Not a single person in this comment thread said NEWMAN'S OWN, I'm very disappointed. Lol his brand is an incredible story because he literally started the company on a dare. Seriously read the book, it's great.

[myopinionsarefacts]

I literally never knew that chapstick was a brandname

[SamLemont]

Colonel Sanders was the owner/founder of KFC, and is the face of the company as well.

[LoveforMyC]

"Burt's Bees makes more than just Chap Stick, I mean Lip balm." LOL It's funny how brands become what we end up calling things like Kleenex instead of tissue.

[jeaniechowdury]

Chapstick is like rubbing a candle on your lips.

[kevinh.]

Little Debbie is a face of a brand but she's pretty much unknown.

[blubbernibble]

Where I live, I've never heard of Burt's Bees or any of the products. On the whole money situation, maybe it's because she felt guilty of leaving him with just a house and felt it was fair. Idk, It's an odd story to say the least.

[huntmine]

Um what about Wendy's and Wendy which is the daughter of the founder Dave Thomas???

[devilsadvocate]

The word you're looking for is "eccentric". Poor people are "weird", rich people are "eccentric" :D

[blythetroke]

Y’all know someone got hecca chapped lips when they carry around a little jar of Vaseline.

[EntropyExpirius]

Honestly, giving Burt that money just avoids a potential PR problem, while not really affecting her standard of living at all. Not to mention the clean conscious aspect. It's really just a simple solution to keep the business deal from having an unnecessary layer of complexity added to it.