Jay van Andel Profile | Contact details (Phone number, Email, Instagram, Twitter)- JAY VAN ANDEL was a businessman of America and well-known as Co-founder of Amway corporation in 1959 who was born on 3rd June 1924, in Ada Township, Michigan, US. His spouse name is Betty Van Andel. They both Jay and Betty died in 2004 because Betty had Alzheimer’s disease, and Jay had Parkinson’s disease but according to Amway officials Jay died by Heart Attack. DeVos and Van Andel began pounding the pavement in Michigan in 1959, hawking cleaning products door to door.