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Black Women

Founders and owners at the top of their industries.

31 profiles, published in 2 installments. Every profile is fact-checked against its sources, and every source opens inside the magazine.

Thirty-one founders and owners, published in two installments, working at the top of their industries — and, in several cases, at the top of industries they had to enter the hard way.

Part one features Adenah Bayoh, Arlan Hamilton, Arnita Johnson-Hall and Ashley Thomas. Part two features Jenell Ross, Karla M. Cole Green, Janice Bryant Howroyd and Keanna Sanders. Between them, the two installments cover the full range of what building a company actually involves: starting it, financing it, growing it and holding on to it.

The profiles are told one woman at a time, in her own facts, with sources linked under each. Read in sequence, they form something larger than a list — a record of who is building, and how.

Adenah Bayoh
Image: New Jersey Future
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Black Women — The Top 15, Part 1

Featuring Adenah Bayoh, Arlan Hamilton, Arnita Johnson-Hall, Ashley Thomas and more.

15 profiles · Adenah Bayoh, Arlan Hamilton, Arnita Johnson-Hall … · Read →
Jenell Ross
Image: Digital Dealer
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Black Women — Part 2

Featuring Jenell Ross, Karla M. Cole Green, Janice Bryant Howroyd, Keanna Sanders and more.

16 profiles · Jenell Ross, Karla M. Cole Green, Janice Bryant Howroyd … · Read →

Questions & Answers

How do Black women founders get started and funded?

31 profiles, published in 2 installments. Every profile is fact-checked against its sources, and every source opens inside the magazine. Founders and owners at the top of their industries. It links to 2 stories and articles — open any card to read the full piece.

What helps Black women business owners grow?

Founders and owners at the top of their industries. 31 profiles, published in 2 installments. Every profile is fact-checked against its sources, and every source opens inside the magazine.

How do I read the full stories on Black Women?

Choose any card on this page. Each one opens a full page of its own — the complete story or article, with its sources linked.

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