When Wella Company acquired Briogeo in 2022, founder Nancy Twine stayed on as CEO. She had spent nine years building the hair-care brand; Wella brought research, marketing and global operations. Twine later described the sale as a nine-figure deal. Briogeo…
Black athletes are heavily represented on the field and court. But team ownership is another story. By the league offices’ own accounting, there are currently no Black majority owners in MLB, the NBA, the NHL, or the NFL. Most of…
Ask most people to name wealthy Black Americans and they reach for the same short list — the moguls with cameras around, the billionaires whose net worth gets updated like a sports stat. The list is understandable. It’s also missing…
Dow’s 2025 results left Karen S. Carter with a difficult first assignment as CEO: the company made $40 billion in sales and still lost $2.4 billion. She took over on July 1. Dow has about 34,600 employees and operates in…
For years, lists detailing Black cultural influence followed a predictable formula, grouping together musicians, actors, athletes, and billionaires alongside a politician or two to create a static snapshot of Black America. That approach is rapidly becoming obsolete as cultural influence…
