{{Short description|American businessman (born 1958)}} {{Infobox person | image = <!-- Only freely-licensed images may be used to depict living people. See WP:NONFREE. --> | image_size = 150px | | name = Blake Roney | caption = | birth_name = Blake Marshal Roney<ref name=lds2012mission>[https://www.thechurchnews.com/archive/2012-02-25/new-mission-presidents-38139 New mission presidents], Published: Feb. 25, 2012, LDS Church News</ref> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1958|03|19}}<ref name=lds2012mission /><ref>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.</ref> | birth_place = Santa Monica, California | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Founder, Nu Skin Enterprises | parents = Arden Ensley Roney and Norma Jeane Roney. | spouse = Nancy Lee Watson Roney<ref name=lds2012mission /> | children = 8 | family = Sister: Nedra Roney Tischner McKell(b. circa 1955)<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100819155531/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/521669/CO-FOUNDER-OF-NU-SKIN-FACES-CHARGES.html CO-FOUNDER OF NU SKIN FACES CHARGES], Published: Oct. 27, 1996, Deseret News</ref><ref>[http://archive.sltrib.com/story.php?ref=/sltrib/news/56187871-78/mckell-roney-skin-arrested.html.csp 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...''</ref><br>Six brothers(Rick Roney<br>Brooke Roney<br>Derek Roney<br>Burke Roney<br>Kirk Roney<br>Park Roney<br>Mark Roney)<ref>[https://www.footnoted.com/more-than-one-way-to-skin-a-company/ 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...''</ref><ref>[http://ir.nuskinenterprises.com/mobile.view?c=103888&v=202&d=3&id=aHR0cDovL2FwaS50ZW5rd2l6YXJkLmNvbS9maWxpbmcueG1sP2lwYWdlPTYyNzIxNjImRFNFUT0xJlNFUT00NCZTUURFU0M9U0VDVElPTl9QQUdFJmV4cD0mc3Vic2lkPTU3 SEC Filing: DEF 14A: NU SKIN ENTERPRISES INC filed this Form DEF 14A on 04/17/2009]{{Dead link|date=October 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, 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,...''</ref> | known_for = }}

'''Blake M. Roney''' (born 19 March 1958) is the founder and former chairman of Nu Skin Enterprises.<ref>[http://www.businessinsider.in/Meet-The-Wealthiest-Person-In-Every-US-State/UTAH-Blake-Roney-is-worth-600-million/slideshow/24956582.cms UTAH: Blake Roney is worth $600 million], Oct 31, 2013, Business Insider India</ref><ref>[https://www.nuskin.com/en_GB/culture/company_history/founders/blake_roney.html Our Culture > History > Our Founders >Chairman of the Board:Blake Roney], Nu Skin</ref> He founded the company in 1984 and is also a trustee of the Force for Good Foundation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://people.forbes.com/profile/blake-m-roney/59022 |title=Blake M. Roney Profile - Forbes.com |accessdate=2010-04-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100419174454/http://people.forbes.com/profile/blake-m-roney/59022 |archivedate=2010-04-19 }} Accessed 2010-04-07.</ref> He took leave from Nu Skin Enterprises from 2012 to 2015 to serve as a mission president for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France.<ref>[https://www.mormonwiki.com/Blake_Roney Blake Roney], Mormonism, The Mormon Church, Beliefs, & Religion - MormonWiki</ref><ref>[https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/church/news/new-area-seventies-called-during-april-2016-general-conference?lang=eng 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...''</ref>

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==External links== * {{youTube|nxQg7MH2kHg|Nu Skin Enterprises Founder Series - interview Blake M Roney - Published on May 2, 2013}}

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