Business
A profile of earlier African-American entrepreneurs and successful business leaders
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Maggie Lena Walker. The First Woman in US history to charter a bank. PHOTO/Los Angeles Sentinel
Whether freed or enslaved, African-Americans in U.S. history displayed an entrepreneurial spirit.
Take a look at the businessmen and businesswomen who paved the way for today’s African-American billionaire entrepreneurs, CEOs and corporate executives.
William Leidesdorf was America’s first millionaire of black descent. During the 1840s, prior to the gold rush, the native of the Dutch West Indies engaged in trade and real estate, built San Francisco’s first hotel and was the city’s first treasurer.
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