Steve Harvey slept in his car for three years and built a $200 million empire from that Ford Tempo
Steve Harvey lived in his 1976 Ford Tempo for three years and built a $200 million media empire that earns him $45 million annually.
African American entrepreneur
Meet Ursula Burns, the first Black woman to lead a Fortune 500 company, who built an empire beyond Xerox
Ursula Burns started at Xerox as a summer intern in 1980 and left nearly four decades later as a corporate history maker.
Meet Sherrese Clarke Soares, the Black woman who built a $2.67 billion music empire from a Wall Street desk
Sherrese Clarke Soares turned 15 years at Morgan Stanley into a $2.67 billion music and entertainment investment empire she built from scratch.
6 companies that made Marques Torbert one of America's most compelling private equity investors
Marques Torbert grew Ametros 30 times over before selling it for $350 million. Here are six companies that define his investment career.
Meet Charles Hudson, the Black VC who built a $175 million firm by backing founders first
Charles Hudson built Precursor Ventures on a simple but radical idea: back founders nobody else will, before they have anything to show.
Meet Howard Sanders, the man who left Citigroup to build a $1.3 billion Black-owned private equity firm
Howard Sanders walked away from Citigroup in 2011 with a plan and a conviction. Auldbrass Partners, now worth $1.3 billion, is what happened next.
How Charles Phillips went from Air Force cadet to a $13 billion tech empire
Charles Phillips served in the Marines, climbed Wall Street, ran Oracle and built a $13 billion software company. Recognize came next.
Marques Torbert had no connections in finance and still walked away with a $350 million exit
Marques Torbert grew up with no connections to finance, built a $350 million company, then launched a private equity firm.
Uncle Nearest founder Fawn Weaver sues former CFO as whiskey brand remains under court oversight
Fawn Weaver sued Uncle Nearest’s former CFO Mike Senzaki, alleging fraud and inflated inventory as court oversight continues at the whiskey brand.