Tag Archives: RLJ Companies
Watch BET Founder Robert L. Johnson Honored at 12:30 at EC Live
RLJ Companies Chairman to be presented with A.G. Gaston Award for Entrepreneurial Achievement at 2013 Black Enterprise Entrepreneurs Conference
The Arthur G. Gaston Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented to RLJ Companies Chairman, BET…
By Alfred Edmond, Jr.
![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://cdn.blackenterprise.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2011/08/Bob-Johnson-620x480-90x100.jpg "Bob-Johnson-620x480")
UBR Spotlight: Master Entrepreneur Robert L. Johnson
More on the entrepreneurs, business strategies and economic news on The Urban Business Roundtable
This week on The Urban Business Roundtable: master wealth builder Robert L. Johnson, chairman of…
By Alfred Edmond, Jr.
UBR Morning Post: Learn From Billionaire Bob Johnson
Bonus content on the entrepreneurs and strategies featured on The Urban Business Roundtable
Bonus content on the entrepreneurs and strategies featured on The Urban Business Roundtable
By Alfred Edmond Jr.
No. 2: Robert L. Johnson, The Power Player
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
Washington Report: Updates from Capitol Hill
Panel explores ways to increase access to capital; Small business jobs bills; climate change; diversity on the Hill
The recession may be ebbing but minority-owned businesses are still caught in the grip of…
By Joyce Jones
RLJ Companies to Bring Jobs, Build Homes in Haiti
Firms using technology to build structures resistant to earthquakes
RLJ Companies announced Monday that it will team up with manufacturing company Global Building Solutions…
By Marcia Wade Talbert
News Roundup: Week of Aug. 31- Sept. 6
Jobless rate rises; GlobalHue joins aqueduct team
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By BlackEnterprise.com
News Roundup
Robert Johnson in bid for Aqueduct Contract; Poitier, Bishop Tutu among Medal of Honor recipients
JohnsonHard Rock International announced a strategic alliance with entrepreneur Robert L. Johnson, and also said…
By BlackEnterprise.com
News Roundup
Billionaire answers call to action, invests in Liberia; Wolfe to head creative team in Atlanta
Two years ago, billionaire Robert L. Johnson was inspired by a call to action from…
