Judi Henderson-Townsend describes herself as an accidental entrepreneur. She had no interest in business and only ventured into the sphere on a whim. From a side hustle renting out mannequins, she has built a global…
Billionaire entertainment mogul, Tyler Perry, renowned for his iconic ‘Madea’ franchise, inked a multimillion-dollar deal with Netflix at the end of 2023 to produce content for the world’s largest movie-streaming platforms. Under the new multi-year…
Jay-Z fans and even moderate admirers are undoubtedly acquainted with his Roc-A-Fella diamond hand gesture. A few years ago, it was the subject of popular conspiracy theories about American entertainers and the lives they lead.…
In 2019, Aaron Wilson and Kelvin Mensah founded Approved Jets, a private aviation brokerage company. This was a niche industry service, specializing in selling, leasing, managing, and chartering jets, helicopters, and yachts and offering luxury…
Dean Forbes, once a homeless teenager in a rough South London estate, has been named the most influential Black Briton on the Powerlist 2025, a prestigious ranking celebrating the top Black role models in the…
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport – named after Maynard Jackson, the first Black mayor of Atlanta and of any major city in the South, is the busiest and most efficient airport in the world. It generates…
Michael Jordan’s extensive investment portfolio has seen him back numerous ventures, but one offer he made didn’t go as planned. In the early 1990s, C. David Moody Jr., founder of the largest Black-owned construction management…
Pamela Maynard, Microsoft’s Chief AI Transformation Officer for Customer and Partner Solutions, has been named the 2024 Black British Business Person of the Year at the Black British Business Awards (BBBA). Now in its 11th…
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