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
 

Marcus Garvey

One of the most controversial figures to emerge from post World War I America. Marcus Garvey became a champion of Black rights, as the charismatic leader of the "Back to Africa" movement, which sought to establish a central homeland for Blacks. Born on the island of Jamaica in 1887, Garvey was a self-taught orator with a magnetic personality.
 
He began his fight for Black rights by forming the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) in 1914. His aim was to heighten Black pride and introduce a program of educational and economic opportunity for Blacks. Included in his efforts was the creation of the Black Star line, a fleet of vessels which he hoped would serve as a resource for International trade and economic development. He is my hero and I am happy to be the first to Induct him into the National Black Business Trade Associations, "Black Entrepreneurs Hall of Fame".