Business-CEO
Earl G. Graves Sr. (1935-2020)
Earl G. Graves, the founder of Black Enterprise, a nationally-recognized Black business magazine, was born on January 9, 1935, in Brooklyn, New York. Both...
Johnnie E. Wilson (1944- )
Johnnie Wilson is a retired Four-Star United States Army General. His generous service to the Ordnance Corps led to him being...
Orlando Ashford (1968- )
Orlando Ashford is the former president of Holland America Line. He assumed this position in 2014 and stepped down in...
Aliko Dangote (1957- )
Aliko Dangote is the first billionaire from Nigeria and is considered the richest black man in the world and the...
Janet Emerson Bashen (1957- )
Janet Emerson Bashen is the founder and CEO of the Bashen Corporation, a private consulting group that investigates Equal Employment...
Kase Lawal (1954- )
Kase Lawal is a Nigerian-born businessman best known for his large oil company CAMAC, headquartered in Houston, Texas, as well...
Daniel W. Yohannes (1952– )
Daniel W. Yohannes, a businessman, philanthropist, and diplomat, was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on September 22, 1952. He moved...
William G. Mays (1945-2014)
“Image Ownership: Doug Jaggers” William “Bill” G. Mays, entrepreneur, philanthropist and civic leader, was born in Evansville, Indiana to Joy...
Don Thompson (1963- )
Don Thompson, president and Corporate Executive Officer of McDonald’s Corporation, was born near the Cabrini-Green Housing Project on Chicago, Illinois’s...
