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Article: Biography Published on Reg Lewis, Most Successful Black Businessman in U.S. (Originated from Philadelphia Daily News)
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
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- December 7, 1994
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Dec. 7--Reginald F. Lewis, the late owner of TLC Beatrice International Holdings Inc., was confronted with a nagging question throughout his life.
"How could a black man make so much money?" His response: "Why should white guys have all the fun?" That's Lewis question is the title of a new biography -- completed after Lewis's death from brain cancer in January 1993, by Blair S. Walker, a former USA Today financial writer.
The book, published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., chronicles Lewis' life from his working-class upbringing in Baltimore to the pinnacle of his success, the $985 million acquisition of Beatrice, a multi-million dollar international food ...