Great Moments in Black Business – No. 1: Black Enterprise Launches First Listing of Nation’s Most Successful Black Businesses, The ‘BE 100s’
When the 2018 Black Enterprise list of the most successful black businesses was revealed (the 'BE 100s'), the companies listed had combined revenues exceeding $30 billion. In contrast, when the first BE 100 list was launched in 1973, the listed companies had collective sales of just $473.4 million