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Jeff Johnson explains how the CEO of Sam’s Club, Rosalind Brewer, one of very few black female CEOs in the country, is a total beast- in…

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Ursula M. Burns (born September 20, 1958) serves as Chairwoman (since May 2010) and CEO (since July 2009) of Xerox. As such, she is the first African-American woman CEO to head a Fortune 500 company. Burns was raised by a single mother in the Baruch Houses, a New York city housing project. She attended Cathedral High […]

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Radio One CEO/founder Cathy Hughes will receive the NAACP Chairman’s Award during the 43rd NAACP Image Awards, to be broadcast live on Friday, February 17th (8:00-10:00 PM EST) on NBC. The Chairman’s Award, chosen by NAACP Chairman Roslyn M. Brock, is bestowed in recognition of special achievement and distinguished public service. Past honorees include U.S. […]

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Steve Jobs has resigned as CEO of Apple, but he’ll still be around, the company announced Wednesday. Jobs, who will act as the board chairman, recommended that COO Tim Cook, who has been overseeing the company since Jobs took a second medical leave in January, should replace him, according to BusinessWire. “I have always said […]

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Oprah Winfrey’s taking on the title of “permanent CEO” of OWN was a bold admission that the network needs her help. But she could help more in front of the camera than behind a desk. OWN averages only 137,000 daily viewers, that’s fewer daily viewers than the channel had when it was still Discovery Health. […]