If you are like me you likely use Burt’s Bees on a daily basis for your personal care needs. Even though I use the products made by the company daily, I never knew the history behind the company or the people behind it until recently. This evening at 8PM ET CNBC will air an episode of “How I Made My Millions,” dedicated to the founding of Burts Bees in 1984 by Roxanne Quimby and Burt Shavitz.

The company was founded in 1984 by a single mother from Maine Roxanne, and a honey producer, Burt Shavitz . It started out as a candle company, but eventually branched out to a whole line of over 150 different products. Hard work and dedication certainly paid off, as the company was sold 23 years later, in 2007 to the Clorox Company for a staggering $925 million.

The Company began when Roxanne Quimby met Burt Shavitz, a local honey producer. Kravitz had excess beeswax from all the honey production, thus the two used it to produce candles. By the end of their first year in business they had earned $20,000. From there things just took off. Today they make everything from candles, to lip glosses, to shampoos, to sunscreens. Clearly the story of Burt’s Bees is a successful one of two individuals who followed the American dream towards riches and an amazing life.