????伯特?夏維茨與羅珊?昆比

????伯特?夏維茨最早是一名攝影家，1970年離開紐約，去農(nóng)村養(yǎng)蜂賣蜜。但他的公司真正做大做強(qiáng)，還是羅珊?昆比于1984年加入公司以后的事。到1994年，該公司的銷售額已經(jīng)達(dá)到300萬美元，但由于伯特出軌被羅珊抓獲，這對夫婦（包括私人關(guān)系與商業(yè)關(guān)系）也隨之一拍兩散。

????當(dāng)事人說：2013年，伯特對《野獸日報》表示，當(dāng)年羅珊發(fā)現(xiàn)他出軌后，態(tài)度甚是強(qiáng)硬?！八稍兞艘幻蓭?，然后把協(xié)議放在桌子上，說道：‘看吧！要么接受要么滾！’沒人能給我提供指導(dǎo)，所以我就簽了。于是我倆就分道揚(yáng)鑣了?！?/p>

????結(jié)局：據(jù)《紐約時報》報道，伯特最終賣掉了三分之一的公司股權(quán)，換來了50英畝土地和一幢房子，價值僅有13萬美元。2000年，安盈投資公司支付昆比1.416億美元，購買了公司80%的股權(quán)。也就是說伯特如果依然擁有股份的話，他所持股權(quán)的價值將達(dá)到5900萬美元。該報紙還稱，伯特還可以從昆比那里獲得400多萬美元，每年還可以獲得一筆數(shù)額不明的款項，讓公司得以繼續(xù)使用他的肖像權(quán)。2007年，Burt’s Bees公司被高樂氏公司收購。

????Burt Shavitz and Roxanne Quimby

????Originally a photographer, Burt Shavitz started beekeeping and selling his honey after leaving New York City for upstate in 1970. But it wasn’t until he picked up then-hitchhiker Roxanne Quimby in 1984 that the business really took off. By 1993, the company had $3 million in sales, but the couple's relationship – business and personal – dissolved when Roxanne caught him in an affair.

????Telling quote:Burt told The Daily Beast in 2013 that when Quimby discovered his affair, she played hardball. “She consulted a lawyer and put the paper on a desk and said, ‘There! Take it or leave it!” I had no one to turn to for guidance, so I signed it. I went one way and she went another."

????The upshot:He ended up selling his one-third share of the company for 50 acres of land and a home, worth only $130,000, according to The New York Times. In 2000, AEA Investors bought 80 percent of the company, paying Quimby $141.6 million, making Shavitz’s share, had he still owned it, worth about $59 million, according to theTimes. Shavitz, the report said, was able to get $4 million more from Quimby and still gets paid an undisclosed sum each year for the use of his image. In 2007, Burt's Bees was bought by the Clorox Company CLX .