Husband and wife Henry and Andrea Jackson founded Millennium Steel Service in 2001. It is a tier-one supplier specializing in processing, warehousing and storage of various types of steel. The company has expanded over the…
There have been fewer than 25 Black Fortune 500 CEOs since the list was first published nearly 70 years ago. Although Black people make up more than one-eighth of the U.S. population, only a limited…
Originally founded as a restaurant franchise over three decades ago, Thompson Hospitality Corporation has grown to become the largest minority-owned food service in the United States. The family-run business generates a revenue of over $700…
Although the NBA sides have seen Black people in management and executive positions since the 1970s, Cynthia Marshall is the first Black female CEO in the NBA. Marshall has led the Dallas Mavericks since 2018.…
Peggy Marie Alford is a highly accomplished executive who was most recently the Executive Vice President, Global Sales at PayPal. She oversaw the global sales and distribution of PayPal’s products and services and led the…
It is perhaps an indictment of a system where we can only greet anecdotes and isolated successes with glee. But on the brighter side, the progress of Black men and women in corporate America is…
Sheila Johnson is the co-founder of Black Entertainment Television (BET) and founder and owner of Salamander Hotels & Resorts, and remarkably, the third richest Black woman in the United States. The entertainment and hospitality magnate…
Celebrities, athletes, musicians rappers, and actors lose their money so often that it is no longer shocking. But bouncing back from the ruin, more so in a completely different industry is rare. Stanley Kirk Burrell,…
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