Founders. Visionaries. Industry Leaders.
Discover the people building enduring companies and shaping the future of business. Through in-depth interviews, founder stories, business playbooks, and behind-the-scenes insights, Black Elites Profiles explores the journeys, strategies, and lessons of entrepreneurs and executives creating the next generation of category-defining brands.
In Profile
January 21, 2026. Darren “IShowSpeed” Watkins Jr. stands in the middle of Lagos, Nigeria, surrounded by a sea of fans during his “Speed Does Africa” tour. The crowd has...
For decades, Red Lobster was one of America’s most popular restaurant chains. By 2024, it faced significant challenges. Falling sales, expensive leases, and years of poor strategic...
While most venture capitalists were chasing the next app for twenty-somethings, Monique Woodard was asking a different question: what happens when the fastest-growing market isn’t young at all?...
Tristan Walker’s career is more than just a list of jobs, funding rounds, and board positions. It tells the story of how one founder turned cultural insights into effective business strategies...
Tristan Walker is one of America’s most influential Black business leaders. He built a consumer brand around a problem that mainstream companies had overlooked for generations. He scaled the brand...
Before Tristan Walker founded Walker & Company Brands and Bevel, he experienced a unique early career journey in modern tech. He moved from Wall Street to Stanford, then to Twitter, and...
Tristan Walker is an American entrepreneur, investor, and founder of Walker & Company Brands, the health and beauty business behind Bevel and FORM Beauty. His journey did not start in Silicon...
Tristan Walker is an American entrepreneur, investor, and brand builder. He is best known as the founder of Walker & Company Brands, which created Bevel, a grooming brand aimed at Black men and...
Clarence Carter, a major figure in Southern soul who was known for his powerful voice filled with raw emotion, has died at the age of 90. His death on May 13, 2026, marks the end of an extraordinary...