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Profile: R. Donahue Peebles – founder, chairman and CEO of the Peebles Corporation
R. Donahue Peebles at a speaking engagement. PHOTO/flikr
Roy Donahue “Don” Peebles is founder, chairman and CEO of the Peebles Corporation, a real estate development company the largest African American real estate development and ownership company in the US.
Peebles has been featured in publications such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes and Ebony. In August 2010, Black Enterprise named him among 40 “Business Titans who shaped our World” and he was featured on the cover of Black Enterprise’s November 2009 issue. Mr. Peebles appears regularly on CNN, CNBC and FOX to advise on real estate, economic and political issues. He has been profiled on shows such as Neil Cavuto, The Big Idea and Larry King Live as well as on the nationally syndicated “Tom Joyner Morning Show” and “Steve Harvey” radio programs. In May 2009, Forbes listed Mr. Peebles in the top ten of the wealthiest black Americans in the country.