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Mary Ellen Pleasant (August 19, 1814 [a] – January 11, 1904 [b]) was an American entrepreneur, financier, real estate magnate and abolitionist.She was arguably the first self-made millionaire of African-American heritage, preceding Madam C. J. Walker by decades.
Maggie Lena (née Draper Mitchell) Walker (July 15, 1864 – December 15, 1934) was an American businesswoman and teacher. In 1903, Walker became both the first African-American woman to charter a bank and the first African-American woman to serve as a bank president. [2]
Hamilton was a shrewd financial agent, amassing a fortune of $2 million ($250,000,000 in 2018 dollars) by the time of his death in 1875. Although he was the subject of much newspaper coverage and his life provides a unique perspective on race in 19th century America, Hamilton is virtually absent from modern historical literature.
In 1954, Joan Johnson and her husband, George Johnson, founded Johnson Products, a haircare and cosmetic company that grew to become the first Black-owned business on the American Stock Exchange.
From visionary entrepreneurs to corporate innovators, these dynamic female leaders rewrote the rules and reshaped industries. Long before Black Twitter […] The post 9 Black groundbreaking women ...
By the 1970s, federal programs to promote minority business activity provided new funding, although the opening world of mainstream management in large corporations attracted a great deal of talent. Black entrepreneurs originally based in music and sports diversified to build "brand" names that made for success in the advertising and media worlds.
Robert Reed Church Sr. (June 18, 1839 – August 29, 1912) was an American entrepreneur, businessman and landowner in Memphis, Tennessee, who began his rise during the American Civil War. He was the first African-American "millionaire" in the South. [1] Church built a reputation for great wealth and influence in the business community.
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