Famous Entrepreneurs

Maggie Walker
Cathy Hughes
Earl Graves
Marcus Garvey
Madame C.J.Walker
Reginald F. Lewis
J. Bruce Llewellyn
Ken Bridges
Mannie Jackson
C. Diane Howell, Ph.D
Jay Z
Robert Johnson
Russell Simmons
Earvin "Magic" Johnson
Tyler Perry
Joe Dudley
Michele Hoskins
Farrah Gray
Marcus Griffith
Comer Cottrell
Herbert & Sylvia Woods
Oprah Winfrey
George Fraser
Karl Kani
Juanita Britton
William Alexander Leidesdorff
Leon Isaac Kennedy
Jerry Roebuck
Susan L. Taylor
Sheila Johnson
Dave Bing
Daymond John
John H. Johnson
Valerie Daniels-Carter
Vinnie Johnson
Eartha White
A.G. Gaston
Reggie Fowler
 

George Fraser

George Fraser is the author of two books including the critically acclaimed bestseller, Success Runs In Our Race; The Complete Guide to Effective Networking in the African American Community. He is also the creator and publisher of the award winning Success Guide, The Networking Guide to Black Resources. Over the last nine years, twenty versions of Success Guide have been published for nine different cities, across America. He is a frequent contributor to scholarly journals on a wide range of topics to include business ethics and economic development. His new book Race For Success; The Ten Best Business Opportunities For Blacks In America was published in February 1998, by the William Morrow Company.
 
Mr. Fraser spent 17 years in management with Procter & Gamble, United Way and Ford. Today as a popular speaker and author Mr. Fraser has appeared on more than 150 television and radio talk shows. His views are solicited by media as diverse as CNN and the Wall Street Journal. He speaks nearly 150 times per year all around the world. His inspiring talks on success principles, effective networking, wealth creation, ethics and valuing diversity are as popular among corporate professionals, as they are among college students. His words and ideas have been, taped, televised and reprinted by such prestigious publications as Vital Speeches of the Day.
 
UPSCALE magazine named him one of the top 50 power brokers in Black America. Black Enterprise Magazine called him Black America's #1 networker and featured him on its cover. Personal growth "guru" Stephen Covey called Mr. Fraser a "masterful teacher." TV host and journalist, Tony Brown called him a "visionary with the rare combination of leadership and management skills." Many have called him a new voice for African Americans. He is considered by most to be one of the foremost authorities on networking and building effective relationships.
 
He currently presides over an annual networking event called, "Power Networking" held in his hometown of Cleveland. It is attended by thousands of Black business people from around the globe.
 
Mr. Fraser attended New York University and received his executive training at the Amos Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.