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![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
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
Warmed-over Myths of Black Wealth
Newsflash from CNBC's NEWBOs: If you're black and can't rap or play ball, forget about making it in America.
It’s 2009 and a black man is President of the United States of America. So…
By Alfred Edmond, Jr.
RLJ Development Checks Out, Cashes In
Company sells hotel real estate for nearly $900 million in deal with Inland Real Estate Group
BET founder Robert L. Johnson’s real estate investment company, RLJ Development L.L.C. (No. 8 on…
