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Article: Up, up, and away: African American women business owners on the rise, continue to soar to the top of the BE 100s. (Facts & Figures).
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- Black Enterprise
- Article date:
- June 1, 2003
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Madame C.J. Walker, file daughter of slaves, became the first widely reported self-made African American millionaire in the 20th century, making her fortune through hair care products for African Americans. Media mogul Oprah Winfrey, CEO of Harpo Inc. (No. 9 on the 2003 BE INDUSTRIAL/ SERVICE 100 list with $314.5 million in sales), carries on this tradition of firsts in 2003, becoming the first female African American billionaire.
African American women have graced the BE AUTO DEALER 100 and the BE INDUSTRIAL/SERVICE 100 lists, since first unveiled in 1973 and continue to soar to the top. Their numbers have fluctuated over the years (8 in 1988, 7 in 1996, and 12 ...