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- ↑ Name: Blake Marshal Roney, Birth Date: 19 Mar 1958, "United States Public Records, 1970-2009," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KR98-Q89 : 22 May 2014), Blake Marshal Roney, Residence, Provo, Utah, United States; a third party aggregator of publicly available information.
- ↑ CO-FOUNDER OF NU SKIN FACES CHARGES, Published: Oct. 27, 1996, Deseret News
- ↑ Husband of Nu Skin co-founder arrested on rape charges, By Kimball Bennion, Published April 19, 2013, The Salt Lake Tribune, ...Since 1998, Roney McKell no longer worked with the company but remained a major stakeholder...
- ↑ More than one way to skin a company…, September 14, 2006, footnoted*, ..."We currently employ two brothers...of Blake M. Roney,...One of Mr. Roney’s brothers, Brooke Roney...
- ↑ SEC Filing: DEF 14A: NU SKIN ENTERPRISES INC filed this Form DEF 14A on 04/17/2009 [ permanent dead link ], Nu Skin Enterprises, ...During 2008, we paid employment compensation in excess of $120,000 to three relatives of Blake Roney. Derek Roney, the brother of Blake Roney,...
- ↑ UTAH: Blake Roney is worth $600 million, Oct 31, 2013, Business Insider India
- ↑ Our Culture > History > Our Founders >Chairman of the Board:Blake Roney, Nu Skin
- ↑ "Blake M. Roney Profile - Forbes.com". Archived from the original on 2010-04-19. Retrieved 2010-04-07. Accessed 2010-04-07.
- ↑ Blake Roney, Mormonism, The Mormon Church, Beliefs, & Religion - MormonWiki
- ↑ New Area Seventies Called during April 2016 General Conference, Contributed By the Church News, 22 April 2016, Church News and Events, ...Blake M. Roney, 58, Provo, Utah; chairman, One Enterprises (private equity); former bishop, high councilor, mission president, Provo Temple open house and dedication committee member, and stake president; wife: Nancy Roney, eight children...