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Black billionaires are individuals who are of predominantly African ancestry with a net worth of at least US$1 billion . According to the 2021 Forbes ranking of the world's billionaires, Nigerian business magnate Aliko Dangote had a net worth of $11.5 billion and was the world's richest black man. [1]
David Lloyd Steward (born July 2, 1951) is an American billionaire businessman. He is chairman and founder of World Wide Technology, [4] one of the largest African-American-owned businesses in America. [5] According to Forbes, in 2019 Steward was one of 13 black billionaires worldwide. [6] [7] He was ranked 239th on the Forbes 400 list of ...
Robert F. Smith (investor) Robert Frederick Smith (born December 1, 1962) is an American billionaire businessman and philanthropist. He is the founder, chairman, and CEO of private equity firm Vista Equity Partners. [1] [2] He graduated from Cornell University with a chemical engineering degree and from Columbia Business School with an MBA ...
2, including Christina Lewis. Reginald F. Lewis (December 7, 1942 – January 19, 1993), was an American businessman. He was one of the richest Black American men in the 1980s, and the first African-American to build a billion-dollar company: TLC Beatrice International Holdings Inc. [1] In 1993, Forbes listed Lewis among the 400 richest ...
Robert Louis Johnson (born April 8, 1946) is an American entrepreneur, media magnate, executive, philanthropist, and investor. He is the co-founder of BET, which was acquired by Viacom in 2001.
Nationality. American. Education. Columbia University (BA, MBA) Occupation. Entrepreneur. Known for. Co-founder and CEO of Compass, Inc. Robert L. Reffkin [1] is an American entrepreneur who co-founded the online real estate brokerage Compass, Inc. and serves as the company's CEO.
The Richest Africans is an annual ranking of the richest African people, compiled and published by the American business magazine Forbes. The list has been published since 2015. Dangote Group founder Aliko Dangote has topped the 2018 list. In 2018, there was a record of 23 African billionaires on the list.
Notable black business districts during segregation. The following are a few black business districts, areas, and cities that swelled with success during the era of legal segregation, which also contributed to the rise of the African-American upper class. U Street, NW in Washington, D.C. Pennsylvania Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland