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In her memoir 'I Am Debra Lee,' BET's former CEO gets candid about her tenure at the cable network and shares advice for women in corporate America. Former BET CEO Debra Lee details affair with co ...
Debra L. Lee (born August 8, 1954) is an American businesswoman. She was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of BET, the parent company for Black Entertainment Television from 2005 to May 28, 2018. Lee has sat on the board of directors for a number of companies/organizations, including the National Cable & Telecommunications Association ...
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).
Phylicia Rashad (/ f ɪ ˈ l iː ʃ ə r ə ˈ ʃ ɑː d / fih-LEE-shə rə-SHAHD) (née Ayers-Allen; born June 19, 1948) is an American actress.She was most recently dean of the College of Fine Arts at Howard University before her three-year contract ended in May 2024. [1]
And Johnson did all that after selling Black Entertainment Television (BET) for $3 billion in 2001 to mass media company Viacom with her former husband Robert Johnson. It was at that point Johnson ...
Debra Lee, former CEO of BET Networks, has launched Monarchs Collective, a consultancy to boost corporate board diversity as new rules and heightened social awareness make director appointments ...
Johnson left NCTA in 1979 to create Black Entertainment Television, the first cable television network aimed at black Americans. [12] [14] When the network launched in 1980, it only aired for two hours on Friday night. [4] [12] BET first turned a profit in 1985 and it became the first black-controlled company listed on the New York Stock ...
Debra L. Lee, the former chairman and CEO of BET Networks, and Rabia de Lande Long, a noted executive coach and management consultant, have launched The Monarchs Collective, a new consulting firm ...