William E. Bailey

William "Bill" Edsel Bailey (November 7, 1930 - May 6, 2016) was an American multi-level network marketer, beginning as a distributor with Rich Schnackenberg and John Earl Shoaff's Nutri-Bio and William Penn Patrick's Holiday Magic before launching his famed Bestline Products, a cosmetics and cleaning supply distribution franchise company. Bailey's Bestline was the subject of a string of lawsuits by distributors, state-level prosecutions as a pyramid scheme, as well as federal charges by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and a U.S. District Court ruling that the company was selling unregistered securities (based on precedents set by SEC cases against the businesses of Glenn W. Turner), resulting in its bankruptcy and dissolution.

Selected Discography

 * William E. Bailey (197-), The Voice of Business For The 70's (LP, Bestline)
 * William E. Bailey (1972), Your Future (LP, Bestline, Growth Into Greatness Institute)
 * William E. Bailey (1972), Mental Discipline (LP, Bestline, Growth Into Greatness Institute) &mdash; per the copy, this is a recording of "William E. Bailey speaking to you informally from his living room"
 * William E. Bailey (198-), Growth Into Greatness: The Secret Road to Financial Independence (Cassette, Growth Into Greatness Institute)