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Black Female CEO of EdTech Startup Raised $8M To Fund AI-Powered Program To Manage Truancy In K-12 Schools

Wendy MedinaApril 9, 2022April 9, 2022

by Wendy MedinaApril 9, 2022April 9, 20223673

AllHere, an edtech company founded by Joanna Smith-Griffin, utilizes artificial intelligence through mobile messaging to curb chronic absenteeism...

Entrepreneurship Women

Meet the 4 Black Women CEOs Teaching How to Invest in Real Estate, Stocks, and More

BLACK ENTERPRISE EditorsSeptember 6, 2020September 4, 2020

by BLACK ENTERPRISE EditorsSeptember 6, 2020September 4, 20204812

Meet the four Black women entrepreneurs who have launched a much-needed masterclass called The Collective Movement, a platform that educates others about investing in real estate...

Business Career Leadership

Meet the CEO of Bed, Bath & Beyond, She is the First Black Woman to Head a Fortune 500 Company Since Ursula Burns

Samara LynnMay 24, 2019December 3, 2019

by Samara LynnMay 24, 2019December 3, 20195750

Bed, Bath & Beyond’s new interim CEO, Mary Winston is the only black woman to lead a Fortune 500 company since Ursula Burns stepped down...

Career Leadership

The Only Black Woman CEO in the Fortune 1,000 Shares How She Did It

Alisa GumbsSeptember 13, 2018October 2, 2018

by Alisa GumbsSeptember 13, 2018October 2, 20182718

The only black woman CEO of the Fortune 1,000, Lisa Wardell head of Adtalem Global Education, talk about breaking into the C-suite and onto corporate...

Entrepreneurship

Multimillion-Dollar Black-Owned Small Business Rebounds From Trump Funding Slashes

Jeffrey McKinneyFebruary 9, 2018February 9, 2018

by Jeffrey McKinneyFebruary 9, 2018February 9, 20181583

The Norfolk, Virginia-based company Reddix started in 2006 faced its greatest challenge ever in January after a significant cut in its largest contract after the Trump administration...

BE Lists Magazine

The Most Powerful Women in Business 2017

Safon FloydMarch 8, 2017January 15, 2019

by Safon FloydMarch 8, 2017January 15, 20196228

The female executives and entrepreneurs on Black Enterprise's Most Powerful Women in Business list continue to shatter the glass ceiling...

News

Sam Club’s CEO Rosalind Brewer Set to Retire

Safon FloydJanuary 6, 2017September 23, 2017

by Safon FloydJanuary 6, 2017September 23, 2017696

After 5 years of leading the company, Sam's Club CEO Rosalind Brewer is set to retire on Feb 1st following tough Costco battle....

Events Women

Meet These Power Women CEOs Running Top Ad Agencies

Lisa FraserMarch 16, 2016November 14, 2017

by Lisa FraserMarch 16, 2016November 14, 20172402

These power women are no strangers to risk-taking, speaking up, championing diversity in their respective fields, and implementing creative strategies that provide growth to their...

Events Women

Embracing the Final Day of Empowerment

Safon FloydMarch 11, 2016January 16, 2019

by Safon FloydMarch 11, 2016January 16, 2019275

The Women of Power Summit kicks off its third and final day with empowerment....

Events Women

Women of Power: Strategies from the C-Suite

Safon FloydMarch 1, 2016January 16, 2019

by Safon FloydMarch 1, 2016January 16, 2019404

This panel of the biggest, baddest, richest, female entrepreneurs in the nation will provide the inspiration you need to gear up for your career climb....