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Sheila Crump Johnson (born January 25, 1949) is an American billionaire businesswoman, co-founder of BET, and CEO of Salamander Hotels and Resorts. [1]Johnson is a vice chairman and partner of Monumental Sports & Entertainment, a professional sports holding company which manages the Washington Capitals (NHL), the Washington Wizards (NBA), and the Washington Mystics (WNBA).
BET cofounder and hotelier Sheila Johnson recounts her entrepreneurial journey and lessons learned in launching Salamander Resorts. ... following a nearly $3 billion sale to Viacom in the early ...
[3] [7] Johnson is the former majority owner of the Charlotte Bobcats (now Charlotte Hornets). [8] He became the first black American billionaire in 2001. [1] [9] [10] Johnson's companies have counted among the most prominent black American businesses in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.
But when entrepreneur Sheila Johnson laid eyes on it years ago, the area 50 miles west of Washington, D.C., was boarded up and nearly bankrupt, save a few thriving shops, she said.
Sheila Johnson, co-owner of the WNBA’s Washington Mystics, sparked criticism on Friday after she told CNN that Time magazine could’ve put the “whole” league on its cover instead of Indiana ...
Caitlin Clark's Time magazine cover was something Washington Mystics owner Sheila Johnson did not seem to appreciate after a record-breaking WNBA season. Well, Clark's brother, Colin, appeared to ...
In 1930, Johnson married Margaret (Maggi) Shea. They had one adopted child, Sheila Johnson Brutsch (born 1939). The couple divorced in 1943 after Bob met Evelyn Vernon. [8] In 1944, Johnson married Evelyn Vernon (née Paynter), a former ballet dancer and a dance instructor who, like Johnson, was married when they met. [8]
In 1943, Johnson was married to Betty Wold, a daughter of Dr. Karl C. Wold of St. Paul, Minnesota. [9] Together, they had five children, including: [1] Robert Wood "Woody" Johnson IV (born 1947), who bought the New York Jets in 2000 for $635 million and served as the United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom under Donald Trump.