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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
John David Washington sometimes told people his father worked in construction. Other times, he said Denzel Washington was in jail. “I used to lie, saying he was a construction worker or in jail, just...
For years, Michael Archer II kept his parents’ names out of conversations he didn’t have to have. Now, for his first feature film, he’ll be answering to a different name altogether —...
Alvin Kamara was heading into a rough patch when he decided to give something back to Tennessee. At 31, the New Orleans Saints running back was working his way back from a knee injury. His 2025 season...
Zendaya’s films have taken more than $4.1 billion worldwide this year. The number is remarkable, but the choices behind it tell the more useful story. Zendaya reached the first weekend of August...