Black Enterprise Lessons from the Top: Success Strategies from America's Leading Black CEOs (Black Enterprise Books) Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Black Enterprise Lessons from the Top: Success Strategies from America's Leading Black CEOs (Black Enterprise Books) Book

During the past quarter century, Black Enterprise magazine has been authoritatively chronicling the prime movers and shakers among African American entrepreneurs while annually ranking their top companies in numerous categories. Now, in Black Enterprise Titans of the B.E. 100s, editor-at-large Derek T. Dingle looks more closely at the 11 individuals who operate America's very largest black-owned firms. Among them are the well-known, such as Jet and Ebony magazine founder John H. Johnson and Black Entertainment Television creator Robert L. Johnson, along with the not-so-well-known, such as auto dealer and former NFL star Mel Farr Sr. and "People's Banker" Emma C. Chappell. Touching upon an array of industries--ranging from media and music to food processing and construction--it presents these "passionate, proud and persevering" men (and one woman) in illuminating profiles that benefit from the magazine's long-range perspective. They show how both established and emerging leaders have used "imagination and drive" to battle "a lack of capital, diminished access, and outright racism" and still succeed on such a grand level. Additionally, they introduce these formidable corporate figures to a broader audience that in the future will also benefit from their experiences. --Howard RothmanRead More

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    PRAISE FOR LESSONS FROM THE TOP

    "[Lessons from the Top] challenges the vintage profile of the entrepreneur by showcasing the impressive and dynamic careers of African American executives who surmounted social, economic, and political barriers to gain their deserved place in today's world of the business elite."
    -Kweisi Mfume, President and CEO, NAACP

    "[Lessons from the Top] aptly documents the achievements of African American entrepreneurs who embody the legacy of the twentieth century and the hope of the twenty-first century. The principles espoused by these esteemed business leaders are essential to the future of the civil rights movement as we prepare our children for self-reliance and our adults for economic self-sufficiency in the next century."
    -Hugh B. Price, President, National Urban League

    Lessons from the Top profiles eleven of the most powerful and influential CEOs of the nation's largest black-owned businesses across a broad cross section of industries. These compelling and motivating stories of personal triumph and business success will surely light the way for the next generation of great African American business leaders.

    Don H. Barden • Emma C. Chappell • Mel Farr Sr. • Charles H. James III • John H. Johnson • Robert L. Johnson • Byron E. Lewis • Herman J. Russell • Russell Simmons • Clarence O. Smith • Percy E. Sutton

  • 0471213144
  • 9780471213147
  • Derek T. Dingle
  • 14 June 2002
  • John Wiley & Sons
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 238
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