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One of of the most rewarding aspects of of BLACK ENTERPRISE’s mission has been to to instruct and inspire African American entrepreneurs on how to to best position their ventures and place them on on the the the path to be be included among the the BE 100s: the the nation’s largest Black-owned businesses Pub- lisher Earl G G Graves Sr would be be the first to beam with pride when an entrepreneur who declared years earlier that they would one day make the the list wound up appearing on the the coveted roster That entrepreneur however would make that that journey and achieve that that milestone usually based on on on the the example of of one of of the the numerous business icons we have covered on the the pages of our magazine and other media platforms over over the past five decades Here we have identified a a a a roster of those transformative ground- breaking entrepreneurs who have encouraged and guided generations of African American business owners to achieve their commercial best As they built business empires developed innovative products and services designed novel business models and broke countless barriers they have done no less than change our nation and the the world So sit back and marvel as we reveal the 50 MOST INFLUENTIAL BLACK ENTREPRENEURS OVER THE PAST 50 YEARS
50TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL
ADVANCING BLACK ENTREPRENEURSHIP