Interiors By Design
When Dennese Guadeloupe Rojas was laid off from her production position at a direct mail company in the late ’80s, she was disappointed about losing a job but she ...
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The Red Carpet Was Lit Celebrating TIME Women of The Year Who Shared Their Light
BLACK ENTERPRISE hit the red carpet for TIME's star-studded Women of The Year gala where phenomenal women were honored for their strides toward equity.
Committed to Black Business
Darrius and Meagan Peace realized the full benefit that participating in a black expo could have on their company, Hayah Cosmetics, soon after they launched the natural makeup line in 2007.
Earl Graves Sr., Founder of Black Enterprise, Passes Away At 85
Black Enterprise Founder and Publisher Earl G. Graves, Sr., the quintessential entrepreneur who created a vehicle of information and advocacy that inspired four generations of African Americans, has died.
Sizzling Returns
Thompson hospitality was in crisis mode. Founded a few months earlier in 1992 when CEO Warren M. Thompson negotiated a leveraged buyout of 31 Big Boy restaurants from Marriott Corp., the fledgling company was neck-deep in debt. Herndon, Virginia-based Thompson Hospitality Corp. (No. 12 on the BE industrial/service companies list with $321 million in revenues) acquired the Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia restaurants for $13.1 million. THC also raised $1.9 million in capital from about 25 investors, and Thompson anted up about $100,000 of his own cash to convert the locations into Shoney’s restaurants. But the transaction wasn’t going according to plan.