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In the dot-com-crazed ’90s, a good number of investment firms chased big returns by employing high-risk strategies. As equity markets produced double-digit gains, portfolio managers seemed to view any tech venture as a boundless opportunity to reap huge profits. That is, until the dot-com boom went bust.
Black Enterprise turned the tables on Gwen Ifill, getting her thoughts on objectivity in the media, the election of Barack Obama, and changing the discussion of race.
In 2008, Johnnetta B. Cole addressed the third annual Women of Power Summit and roused the audience to their feet during her powerful discussion about the Noah Principle. Here, Cole speaks with Black Enterprise about it.
What does it take to be named one of Black Enterprise’s 75 Most Powerful Women in Business? To identify our senior corporate executives and leading entrepreneurs—women responsible for developing product lines, positioning brands, operating core business areas, generating revenues, and with profit & loss oversight at the highest levels—our editorial and research teams pored over hundreds of biographies and résumés, as well as conducted interviews with potential candidates and leading trade associations for several months.
In July 2009, Ursula M. Burns was named CEO of Xerox Corp., becoming not only the first African American woman to run one of the largest publicly traded companies, but also being placed among the world’s most influential chief executives, male or female. This event may have signaled the beginning of a new era for black female representation in Corporate America.
