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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
Michael Jordan’s Purchase of Charlotte Bobcats Approved
Transforming the debt-laden basketball team will require NBA legend's presence and pocketbook
Now that Michael Jordan’s $275 million bid to buy the Charlotte Bobcats from billionaire Robert…
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.
Robert Johnson Creates Lending Facility for Mortgage Servicers
BET founder seeking TARP funds to finance venture
Through Urban Trust Bank, Robert L. Johnson created a new entity, Homeowners First Bank. Homeowners…
By Marcia Wade Talbert
Robert L. Johnson
Robert L. Johnson, CEO, RLJ Companies, discusses his second act as a businessman and…
