][6] And in 2017, Sunrider’s President, Dr. Oi-Lin Chen, was named one of the most influential women in the direct selling industry.

Sunrider is a multi-level marketing company which is primarily known for selling herbal products such as diet pills, teas, and health snacks.

[citation needed] In 2015 Sunrider acquired the 297-room SLS Hotel Beverly Hills for approximately $200 million, purchased directly from Sam Nazarian's SBE group.

[1] This process occurs at all of Sunrider's four manufacturing sites in Guangzhou, China; Taiwan; Singapore; and Los Angeles.

[9] In 2020, ground was broken in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area for Sunrider's new manufacturing campus, which will open in the fall of 2022.

In 1987, salmonella bacteria were found in one of the company's products, which was immediately corrected and no cases of illness were reported.

[citation needed] In 1997, the Chens entered into a plea bargain with the court on the charges of tax evasion and customs fraud.

[7] Psychiatrist and Quackwatch co-founder Stephen Barrett has accused the company of making false claims regarding its products' therapeutic effects and reported on legal problems the company has faced from the FDA and the state of California regarding false medical claims.