Meet The Black Woman Behind The One Of The Country’s Few Black-Owned Architecture Firms
Deryl McKissack decided to take her savings to start her career in architecture and is now celebrating 30 years in the business.
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Penny Hardaway Scores Big with Booming Business Portfolio
NBA great Penny Hardaway gets his second wind as a businessman with an impressive portfolio and drive to give back to his community
Black Enterprise’s Mission is Just Beginning
I believe it is fitting to pause to celebrate milestones during the course of a great undertaking. I can think of no better moment than the 40th anniversary of black enterprise to reflect and to appreciate the challenges met and triumphs achieved in the unwavering pursuit of our admittedly ambitious mission: to educate and empower African Americans to become full participants in wealth creation within the global economy. Over the past four years that I have been CEO, I have built on my father’s original vision, making it relevant for future generations.
Opportunity Knocks
Wealth For Life Principle No. 5: I will use homeownership as a foundation for building wealth. Tyre Sperling dreamed of owning his own home as early as his senior year...
Young Activists Honored At Apollo Theatre
More than 1,000 supporters gathered at Harlem’s Apollo Theater June 4 to honor five outstanding youth at the Do Something Awards “Sweet 16†annual celebration. The big winners of the evening were Marvelyn Brown, 25, an HIV/AIDS activist; Eric Glustrom, 24, the founder of Educate! which teaches leadership across Uganda; Maggie Doyne, 22, a human-rights activist who assists orphans and displaced children in Nepal; David Burstein, 20, a voting activist; and Darius Weems, 19, an advocate for disability rights and Duchene Muscular Dystrophy funding. Each of the nominees won $10,000 for their cause. Doyne won the $100,000 grand prize, which she plans to use toward building a school in Nepal.