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  2. Reginald Lewis - Wikipedia

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    Reginald Francis Lewis (December 7, 1942 – January 19, 1993), was an American businessman. He was one of the richest Black American men in the 1980s, and the first African-American to build a billion-dollar company: TLC Beatrice International Holdings Inc. [1]

  3. David Steward - Wikipedia

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    Entrepreneur of the Year, Black Enterprise, 2000 [19] Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year, 1998 [19] Five time winner, Fast 50 Awards [19] Granville T. Woods Award for Outstanding CEO, 1997 [19] Minority Small Business Person of the Year, Small Business Administration, 1997, 1998 [19] Phoenix Award, St. Louis Minority Business Council, 2000 [19]

  4. Black billionaires - Wikipedia

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    Black billionaires are individuals who are of predominantly African ancestry with a net worth of at least US$1 billion. According to the 2025 Forbes ranking of the world's billionaires, Nigerian business magnate Aliko Dangote had a net worth of US$28.3 billion and was the world's richest black man. [1]

  5. Robert L. Johnson - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. Black Americans Who Broke Barriers in the Business World - AOL

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    O.W. Gurley. Gurley was instrumental in the development of Tulsa's Greenwood District, also known as Black Wall Street, where he is credited with owning the first Black business.

  7. William Black (businessman) - Wikipedia

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    William Black (c. 1902 – March 7, 1983) [1] was an American businessman and philanthropist who founded Chock full o'Nuts. He was known as a considerate employer who provided benefits, such as medical insurance, pension plans and bonuses, for his predominantly African-American employees.

  8. A. G. Gaston - Wikipedia

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    Realizing that there were not enough black people with sufficient training to be able to work in the insurance and funeral industries, in 1939 he and his second wife, Minnie L. Gardner Gaston, established the Booker T. Washington business school. [11] [7] (His first wife, Creola Smith Gaston, died in 1938.) Other Gaston enterprises included ...

  9. Youngest CEO of a Black-Owned Business Lands at Walmart - AOL

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    What were you doing for kicks at the age of six? That is worth considering in light of Lily Frilly founder Lily Adeleye’s latest news: The six-year-old has lined up distribution in more than ...