Under his stewardship, 11 companies were acquired, earnings tripled, and the stock price rose from $14, to about $117 a share.

May Department Stores said earnings almost tripled after it closed stores and cut costs.

The company's earnings almost tripled from 1992 to 1997, even though its sales grew much more slowly.

Annual earnings for some of them have doubled or even tripled over the past 10 years.

As a result, Herbalife's sales are booming again, especially overseas, and earnings almost tripled last year.

In 1987, the company's earnings tripled, to $251 million, on revenues of $5.3 billion.

Quarterly earnings more than tripled, to $398 million, for the three months ended Dec. 31, up from $125.7 million a year earlier.

Its earnings nearly tripled, rising to $46.1 million from $16.2 million.

The yearly earnings more than tripled the $191.9 million of 1990.

In all of 1987, sales doubled to $1.2 billion and earnings tripled to $136.3 million.