Business
The 2011 top 10 Black Entrepreneurs
Leah Brown: CEO and founder A10 Clinical Solutions
A10 Clinical Solutions 2010 Revenue: $19.7 million
Three-Year Growth: 1,011%
Leah Brown tells the story of her maternal great-grandfather, Allen “Papa” Carney, a free African-American man who had 18 children and insisted his sons become entrepreneurs.
“I didn’t know until recently that I came from a long lineage of entrepreneurs until my family history was explored, but it helped me understand where my entrepreneurial drive comes from,” says Brown, who founded A10 Clinical Solutions, a clinical research firm.

