Earl G. Graves

By: Errol I. Mars

Born: 1935, Brooklyn, New York

Company: Earl G. Graves, Ltd.

Industry: Media

Position: CEO

Country: United States

Chairman and CEO of Earl G. Graves, Ltd., parent corporation of Black Enterprise magazine. Which has been profitable since its tenth issue and has yearly sales of over US$53 million. Black Enterprise has a paid circulation of 500,000 with a readership of approximately 3.4 million. He is also Chairman and CEO of Pepsi-Cola of Washington, D.C., L.P., one of the largest minority-controlled Pepsi-Cola franchise in the US. He acquired the $60 million franchise in July of 1990. He was named one of the 50 most powerful and influential African Americans in corporate America by Fortune Magazine.



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Black Entrepreneurs in America: Stories of Struggle and Success


Earvin Magic Johnson

Born: August 14, 1959. Lansing, Michigan

Company: Magic Johnson Enterprises

Industry: Services

Position: Chairman, CEO

Country: United States

Cheryl Carolus

Company: Peotona Group Holdings Ltd.

Position: Co-Founder

Industry: Investment Firm

Country: South Africa

Houston Williams

Company: Pacific Network Supply Inc.

Position: Chairman, CEO

Industry: Telecommunications Services

Country: United States

Bert N. Mitchell

Company: Mitchell & Titus, LLP

Position: Founder, Chairman and CEO

Industry: Accounting

Country: United States

Kevin W. Williams

Born: September 27, 1961, Lexington Park, Maryland

Company: General Motors Corporation (GM)

Position: President and Managing Director, GM de Mexico

Industry: Automotive

Country: United States