Tag Archives: black business history
No. 36: Janice Bryant Howroyd, The Job Czar
Follow the Black Enterprise 40th Anniversary countdown of the most impactful black business leaders of the past 40 years
In celebration of our 40th anniversary, Black Enterprise ranks the Titans: The 40 Most Powerful…
By Derek T. Dingle
No. 37: Comer Cottrell, The Trendsetter
Follow the Black Enterprise 40th Anniversary countdown of the most impactful black business leaders of the past 40 years
In celebration of our 40th anniversary, Black Enterprise ranks the Titans: The 40 Most Powerful…
By Derek T. Dingle
How to Remake Your Company Like Johnson Products
The maker of Ultra Sheen is once again minority-owned with a bold strategy to conquer ethnic haircare
Husband and wife team Eric Brown and Renee Cottrell-Brown seek to make history and profits…
By Derek T. Dingle
No. 38: Ernesta Procope, The First Lady of Wall Street
Follow the Black Enterprise 40th Anniversary countdown of the most impactful black business leaders of the past 40 years
In celebration of our 40th anniversary, Black Enterprise ranks the Titans: The 40 Most Powerful…
By Derek T. Dingle
No. 39: Jesse Hill Jr., The Insurance Impresario
Follow the Black Enterprise 40th Anniversary countdown of the most impactful black business leaders of the past 40 years
In celebration of our 40th anniversary, Black Enterprise ranks the Titans: The 40 Most Powerful…
By Derek T. Dingle
No. 40: Eddie Brown, The Master of Mutual Funds
Follow the Black Enterprise 40th Anniversary countdown of the most impactful black business leaders of the past 40 years
In celebration of our 40th anniversary, Black Enterprise ranks the Titans: The 40 Most Powerful…
By Derek T. Dingle
Maggie Lena Walker: The Making Of A Black Bank
America's first woman president of a financial institution founded one of the nation's oldest surviving black-owned banks
Walker became the country’s first woman president of a financial institution and founded one of…
By Gertrude Woodruff Marlowe
Madame C. J. Walker: Breaking New Ground
This daughter of slaves built a haircare empire and created a model for financial empowerment
Every day, millions of African Americans engage in the ritual of grooming. It may seem…
By Derek T. Dingle
Once Upon A Time On Wall Street
The struggle to establish an African American presence is a saga of ambition against overwhelming odds
After my grandfather’s death, I was sitting in his apartment at a celebration of…
By Gregory S. Bell
Milestones Of The B.E. 100s
A look at a quarter-century of major events which shaped the growth of the nation's largest black-owned businesses
Whether they’ve used conservative or risky strategies, BLACK ENTERPRISE is proud to have chronicled the…
