Black entreprenuers

  The late William “Bill” G. Mays was a pioneering Indiana businessman who applied his resources to bring prominence to not only his holdings but other entities across the state. Among his many accomplishments, Mays was the first African-American chairman of the Greater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, cementing his designation as one of the state’s […]

Stephanie Williams had three weeks to earn enough money to pay her first month’s rent in her new shop. Unlike other entrepreneurs, she had no money on reserve. She took a leap of faith and started BrowZnAround Eyebrow Studio + Spa. The Raleigh native worked tirelessly in her shop to build her clientele and brand. […]

Stephanie Williams had three weeks to earn enough money to pay her first month’s rent in her new shop. Unlike other entrepreneurs, she had no money on reserve. She took a leap of faith and started BrowZnAround Eyebrow Studio + Spa. The Raleigh native worked tirelessly in her shop to build her clientele and brand. […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Weather Channel is under new ownership. Entertainment Studios Inc., an independent movie and TV producer and distributor, said Thursday it’s acquired the channel’s parent company, Weather Group. Byron Allen, founder and owner of Entertainment Studios, bought the Weather Group from the Blackstone Group, Bain Capital and Comcast-NBCUniversal, Entertainment Studios said. […]

17-year-old Memphis-based entrepreneur Journi Prewitt created the Black Butterfly Beautiful box to inspire Black girls to read.

Earl “Butch” Graves Jr. is currently the President and CEO of Black Enterprise, the magazine that his father, Earl Graves Sr. founded in 1970. Butch Graves took a slight detour in professional sports before dialing into the business world. Graves was born in 1962 and raised in the same Brooklyn borough as his father. He […]

Mourners gathered for candlelight vigils in the Bronx and Kingston, Jamaica to bid their final farewells to Lowell Hawthorne.

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  Aliko Dangote isn’t a  name known to many in the U.S., but in Africa Dangote is well known as  the richest person on the continent. With an estimated worth of $13.9 billion, Dangote is the one of the wealthiest men in the world. Dangote was born April 10, 1957 in Kano State, Nigeria to […]

  Earl G. Graves, Sr., the founder and publisher of Black Enterprise magazine, celebrates his 80th birthday today. With the success of his magazine and other business endeavors, Graves will go down in history as one of the most savvy executives of all time. Born in Brooklyn and raised in the borough’s Bed-Stuy section in 1935, […]