DeVos family
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The DeVos family is a wealthy American family known for its leadership of the Amway corporation, major political donations, and ownership of the NBA’s Orlando Magic.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| DeVos family canonical | 13 |
| DeVos | 5 |
| DeVos family foundations | 1 |
| DeVos family philanthropy | 1 |
| DeVos family political network | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T748747 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: DeVos family Context triple: [Orlando Magic, principalOwner, DeVos family]
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A.
Volcker family
The Volcker family is an American family best known for including prominent public figures such as economist and former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker and his relatives.
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B.
Rick DeVos
Rick DeVos is an American entrepreneur and arts advocate best known for creating ArtPrize, a large-scale international art competition and festival in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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C.
Wexner family
The Wexner family is an American philanthropic and business family best known for its significant charitable contributions to Jewish education, leadership development, and cultural institutions.
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D.
The Pritzker Family
The Pritzker family is a prominent American family best known for its leadership of the Hyatt hotel empire and its extensive philanthropic and cultural contributions.
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E.
Klarman family
The Klarman family is a prominent philanthropic family known for major donations to educational and cultural institutions, including Harvard Business School.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: DeVos family Target entity description: The DeVos family is a wealthy American family known for its leadership of the Amway corporation, major political donations, and ownership of the NBA’s Orlando Magic.
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A.
Volcker family
The Volcker family is an American family best known for including prominent public figures such as economist and former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker and his relatives.
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B.
Rick DeVos
Rick DeVos is an American entrepreneur and arts advocate best known for creating ArtPrize, a large-scale international art competition and festival in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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C.
Wexner family
The Wexner family is an American philanthropic and business family best known for its significant charitable contributions to Jewish education, leadership development, and cultural institutions.
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D.
The Pritzker Family
The Pritzker family is a prominent American family best known for its leadership of the Hyatt hotel empire and its extensive philanthropic and cultural contributions.
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E.
Klarman family
The Klarman family is a prominent philanthropic family known for major donations to educational and cultural institutions, including Harvard Business School.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | American family ⓘ |
| acquired | Orlando Magic in 1991 ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Alticor
ⓘ
linked to:
Alltrista Corporation
Amway ⓘ Christian conservative politics ⓘ Orlando Magic ⓘ Republican Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to:
Republican Party
education reform advocacy ⓘ |
| basedIn |
Grand Rapids, Michigan
ⓘ
Michigan ⓘ |
| coFounderOf | Amway ⓘ |
| controls |
Alticor through family ownership
ⓘ
Amway through family ownership ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| donatesTo |
Christian organizations
ⓘ
Republican Party committees ⓘ
linked to:
Republican National Committee
Republican candidates ⓘ conservative advocacy groups ⓘ education reform organizations ⓘ |
| economicInfluence | significant in West Michigan ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Jay Van Andel
ⓘ
Richard DeVos ⓘ |
| hasPhilanthropicArm |
Daniel and Pamella DeVos Foundation
ⓘ
linked to:
DeVos Foundation
DeVos Foundation ⓘ Dick and Betsy DeVos Family Foundation ⓘ
linked to:
DeVos Foundation
Doug and Maria DeVos Foundation ⓘ Richard and Helen DeVos Foundation ⓘ
linked to:
DeVos Foundation
|
| industry |
multi-level marketing
ⓘ
philanthropy ⓘ politics ⓘ |
| member |
Betsy DeVos
ⓘ
Cheri DeVos ⓘ
linked to:
Betsy DeVos
Dan DeVos ⓘ Dick DeVos ⓘ
linked to:
Richard DeVos
Doug DeVos ⓘ Helen DeVos ⓘ Richard DeVos ⓘ |
| notableFor |
leadership of Amway
ⓘ
ownership of the Orlando Magic ⓘ political donations ⓘ |
| owns | Orlando Magic ⓘ |
| politicalInfluence | significant in Michigan politics ⓘ |
| politicalOrientation |
Republican-leaning
ⓘ
conservative ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| religiousBackground | Reformed Christian ⓘ |
| supportsPolicy |
charter schools
ⓘ
school choice ⓘ school vouchers ⓘ |
| wealthStatus | billionaire family ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: DeVos family Description of subject: The DeVos family is a wealthy American family known for its leadership of the Amway corporation, major political donations, and ownership of the NBA’s Orlando Magic.
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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linked to: DeVos family
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linked to: DeVos family
linked to: DeVos family
linked to: DeVos family
subject linked to:
Alticor through family ownership
subject linked to:
Alticor through family ownership
subject linked to:
Alticor through family ownership
subject linked to:
Alticor through family ownership
linked to: DeVos family