????伯特?夏维茨与罗珊?昆比

????伯特?夏维茨最早是一名摄影家，1970年离开纽约，去农村养蜂卖蜜。但他的公司真正做大做强，还是罗珊?昆比于1984年加入公司以后的事。到1994年，该公司的销售额已经达到300万美元，但由于伯特出轨被罗珊抓获，这对夫妇（包括私人关系与商业关系）也随之一拍两散。

????当事人说：2013年，伯特对《野兽日报》表示，当年罗珊发现他出轨后，态度甚是强硬。“她咨询了一名律师，然后把协议放在桌子上，说道：‘看吧！要么接受要么滚！’没人能给我提供指导，所以我就签了。于是我俩就分道扬镳了。”

????结局：据《纽约时报》报道，伯特最终卖掉了三分之一的公司股权，换来了50英亩土地和一幢房子，价值仅有13万美元。2000年，安盈投资公司支付昆比1.416亿美元，购买了公司80%的股权。也就是说伯特如果依然拥有股份的话，他所持股权的价值将达到5900万美元。该报纸还称，伯特还可以从昆比那里获得400多万美元，每年还可以获得一笔数额不明的款项，让公司得以继续使用他的肖像权。2007年，Burt’s Bees公司被高乐氏公司收购。

????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 .