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Up-to-date information about Black entrepreneurs, executives & Black owned or controlled companies.
News, analysis, personal and business finance information, research about Black entrepreneurs, Black executives and Black owned companies. We aim to provide the infomation to keep you informed as you build your business career.
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Wangari Muta Maathai first African woman to win the Nobel Prize in Peace
Created by BlackEntrepreneurProfiles.comMaathai founded the Green Belt movement in Kenya in 1977, which has planted more than 10 million trees to prevent soil erosion and provide firewood…
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Michael Lee Chin to establish a multi-billion investment fund for the Caribbean region
Created by BlackEntrepreneurProfiles.comExpected to be launched by the second quarter of 2005, the fund will take positions in both new companies and start-ups in the region. AIC , of which…
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Shawn "Jay Z" Carter is new CEO and President of Def Jam
Created by BlackEntrepreneurProfiles.comThe Island Def Jam Music Group, a division of Universal Music Group, the world's leading music company, this week announced Grammy Award-winning…
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Oprah Winfrey is Biggest African-American philanthropist
Created by BlackEntrepreneurProfiles.comOprah Winfrey is the first African-American philanthropist to…
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Magic Johnson and Sean Combs tops Inc. Magazine Top 10 Celebrity Entrepreneurs list
Created by BlackEntrepreneurProfiles.comMagic Johnson, Sean Combs and Oprah Winfrey are the three blacks on the first-ever ranking of the Top 10 Celebrity Entrepreneurs, by Inc. Magazine.
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Roc-A-Fella Records celebrating 10th anniversary
Created by BlackEntrepreneurProfiles.comAllHipHop.com reports that Damon Dash kicked offed celebrations for Roc-A-Fella Record's 10 year anniversary at New York University. Dash the CEO of…
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Roberts Johnson's Bob Cat plays inaugural season openner
Created by BlackEntrepreneurProfiles.comRobert Johnson the founder of BET and the NBA's first black team owner watched his team, the Charllotte Bobcats, play their first regular game last…
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Patrice Motsepe's Harmony Gold, launched a US $8 billion bid to become worlds largest mining company
Created by BlackEntrepreneurProfiles.comHarmony, chaired by businessman Patrice Motsepe, has…
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Damon Dash enters the mp3 player market with Rocbox
Created by BlackEntrepreneurProfiles.comNews.com reports that in…
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Only one black made this years Forbes 400 list of the richest Americans
Created by BlackEntrepreneurProfiles.comRobert Johnson the Chairman and CEO of (BET) Black Entertainment Television. Americas first black billionaire did not make it on to this years ranking…