![ROBERT “BOB” JOHNSON Princeton University MA, Public/International Affairs Class of ’72 Johnson is the founder of Black Entertainment Television [BET], which launched in 1980. Starting as just a two-hour program, BET developed into a nationwide television channel, becoming the first African American owned company to be acknowledged by the New York Stock Exchange in 1991. After selling the all-Black television network to Viacom in 2001, Johnson became the first African American billionaire.](http://cdn4.blackenterprise.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2011/08/Bob-Johnson-620x480.jpg "Bob-Johnson-620x480")
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