Ghanaian tycoon Sam Jonah is helping raise $1 billion for African critical minerals
Former Gold Fields CEO Chris Griffith is raising $1 billion for African critical minerals with Colin Coleman and Ghana's Sam Jonah.
Private Equity
South African coal tycoon Sipho Nkosi left Exxaro and now funds films and video games
Sipho Nkosi built Exxaro into a major coal producer, retired in 2016 and now chairs Talent10, which has backed IoT, films, gaming and insurance.
Robert F. Smith's Vista Equity wins as Delaware court dismisses $4.6 billion KnowBe4 lawsuit
Delaware's Chancery Court dismissed a stockholder challenge to Robert F. Smith's Vista Equity over its $4.6 billion take-private of cybersecurity firm KnowBe4.
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.
How Bruce Hampton went from Division I football to running a $144 million private equity firm
Bruce Hampton grew up in Cleveland, played Big Ten football and ranked first in his finance class. Then he went to Wall Street and never looked back.
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.
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.
Meet Dr. Laurence Morse, the economist who built a $10.8 billion private equity empire from scratch
Dr. Laurence Morse turned a two-person startup in Connecticut into one of America's largest Black-owned private equity firms managing $10.8 billion.
7 software companies owned by Black billionaire Robert F. Smith
Billionaire Robert F. Smith controls a tech empire through Vista Equity Partners. Here are seven major companies currently under his vast influence.
How Robert F. Smith built a $107 billion software empire and became the wealthiest Black American
Robert F. Smith built Vista Equity Partners into a $107 billion software powerhouse. He is the wealthiest Black person in the United States.
Inside the $10 billion retail empire that made Stefan Kaluzny one of America's newest Black billionaires
Sycamore Partners co-founder Stefan Kaluzny turned distressed retail into a billionaire-making machine. Forbes now pegs his fortune at $1.3 billion.
How Sengal Selassie built a $6 billion private credit empire
Sengal Selassie left Goldman Sachs to found Brightwood Capital, a minority-owned private credit firm now managing more than $6 billion.