Forbes just released its second annual list of America’s Richest Self-Made Women and it comes as no surprise the Oprah Winfrey and Beyonce landed on it. Both Queen Bey and Mama O are legendary innovators in their respective fields. Winfrey almost single handedly built her brand as the queen of all media and Beyoncé’s music-making empire has earned […]
John Harold Johnson (January 19, 1918 – August 8, 2005) was a businessman, publisher and founder of the Johnson Publishing Company. In 1982, he became the first African American to appear on the Forbes 400. Johnson was born in rural Arkansas City, Arkansas, the grandson of slaves. When he was eight years old, his father died […]
A wealthy Florida polo club founder has adopted his longtime adult girlfriend in what attorneys believe may be a legal maneuver to protect his financial assets-which he estimates as “several hundred million dollars”-as he faces a trial for a drunk driving incident that killed a 23-year-old, according to ABC News. John Goodman, 48, formally adopted […]
