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Robert F. Smith, founder, chairman and chief executive of Vista Equity Partners (No. 1 on the BE100s Private Equity list with $14 billion in capital under management), has been named the chairman of Carnegie Hall, the nation’s most prestigious concert stage. The election of Smith, 53, makes him the first African-American to hold the post.
One reason why the Tony Award-winning musical Hamilton is such an outsize success (it won 11 Tony Awards) is its originality. Who would have ever thought to have a black man portray George Washington—or cast a Puerto Rican as Alexander Hamilton? Or to use hip-hop to tell the (formerly staid) story of our country’s birth, and thereby invigorate and enliven it?
On Tuesday, February 16 – Thursday, February 18th the Rainbow PUSH Coalition will host the 19th Annual Wall Street Economic Summit at the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel in hopes of promoting inclusion, opportunity, and economic growth in public and private financial industries.
Ron Walker, executive director of the Coalition of Schools Educating Boys of Color, says the seed of his organization was planted by a letter he received in 1986 from a former honor student of his—now behind bars for murder at Frackville State Penitentiary in Frackville, Pennsylvania.
The opening night of the Democratic National Convention, the First Lady delivered her impactful speech. Guess which part of her address to the DNC apparently drew the greatest scrutiny—comments that the White House was built by slaves.
