Prior to joining Unicity International, Mr. Hughes spent 15 years in the financial services industry where he served as Vice President and Senior Financial Management Advisor with two Wall Street investment-banking firms.

In 1991 he launched Marathon Group International, an independent distributor organization committed to bringing cutting-edge preventive healthcare products to market worldwide. With tens of thousands of distributors throughout North and South America, Europe, and Asia and revenue exceeding $100 million annually, Marathon Group International is one of the largest companies of its kind in the world.

In leaving this highly successful distributorship to lead Unicity International as CEO, Mr. Hughes has made the strongest possible statement about his commitment to the future of Unicity and the opportunity for independent distributors worldwide.

Mr. Hughes believes that lasting success can only be achieved through continual personal development. In addition to educating the public on preventive healthcare solutions, he has taught principle-centered leadership skills to thousands of people in North and South America, Europe and Asia. Mr. Hughes is the author of several training programs including: the CORE Journal, Constructive Imagination, Solution Based Selling, and Relationship Focus. These training programs as well as a commitment to lead by example have earned him recognition as an extraordinary international business leader, trainer, and speaker.

Mr. Hughes graduated from Brigham Young University with a BA degree in Philosophy and received his MBA from the University of Utah's David Eccles Graduate School of Business.

He and his wife Bonita are the parents of eight children and the grandparents of three.