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By Alfred Edmond, Jr. | Published November 18, 2010 | Full size is 316 × 400 pixels

The president of the Chicago-based BE 100s asset management firm Ariel Investments, LLC, Mellody Hobson is firmly established as a national voice for financial literacy. In addition to being a regular contributor on financial issues to ABC's Good Morning America and a spokesperson for the annual Ariel/Schwab Black Investor Survey, Hobson contributes a quarterly column, Total Return, to Black Enterprise.

The president of the Chicago-based BE 100s asset management firm Ariel Investments, LLC, Mellody…