The Don Peebles story: Building a $5 billion real estate portfolio

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Don Peebles is the founder and CEO of The Peebles Corporation, one of the largest Black-owned development corporations in the…

Here’s how Dean Forbes went from homelessness to leading a $1 billion software acquisition

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Dean Forbes's story could easily have ended as a twice homeless and failed soccer player. But ever since the most…

Nigerian investor Adebayo Ogunlesi sells his firm to BlackRock for $12.5 billion

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Adebayo Ogunlesi, the chairman and CEO of Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), is leading the firm's $12.5 billion acquisition by investment…

Meredith Gourdine: How an Olympian and scientist transformed global firefighting and air travel

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At the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki, Finland, Meredith Gourdine was a few weeks shy of 23 when he won silver…

Kenneth Dunkley pioneered 3D viewing glasses that are now a $15 billion market

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Kenneth Dunkley, a pioneer in holographic and visual effects, is the inventor of three-dimensional viewing glasses. On a practical level,…

Here are the eight Black CEOs who led Fortune 500 Companies in 2023

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Despite a series of diversity programs and the commitments made by corporate America, the representation of African-American chief executives leading…

Aicha Evans led the $1.3bn acquisition of Zoox by Amazon – Here is her story from Senegal to the Silicon Valley

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Aichatou Sar Evans, professionally known as Aicha Evans, is the CEO of Zoox, a tech company that is revolutionizing the…

Five tips from growing startup Health in Her Hue on how to raise funding

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Health in Her HUE, a Black woman led startup has raised $3 million in a seed round. The digital platform…

Five business lessons to learn from the father of African-American business management

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Charles Clinton Spaulding led the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company into becoming America's largest black-owned business. Dubbed as the…

How Emma Grede came from the UK to the US to become a fashion titan

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East London undoubtedly has produced prominent talents like Idris Elba, David Beckham, Kate Moss, and trailblazing fashion icon Emma Grede.…