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Sheila Crump Johnson (born January 25, 1949) is an American billionaire businesswoman, co-founder of BET, and CEO of Salamander Hotels and Resorts. Johnson is team president, managing partner, and governor of the WNBA's Washington Mystics, a position she earned before the 2005 season.
May 28, 2024 · Sheila Johnson cofounded cable TV channel Black Entertainment Network in 1979 with her then-husband Robert. Viacom bought it for $3 billion in 2001. After her divorce in...
Sep 15, 2023 · The co-founder of Black Entertainment Television plunged into luxury hotels, sports teams and a film festival after her company was sold. Sheila Johnson, photographed at her flagship Salamander...
Sep 25, 2023 · Sheila Johnson made history as America's first Black female billionaire after co-founding BET. She broke barriers and found success as an entrepreneur, hotel mogul and...
Aug 1, 2007 · Sheila C. Johnson. Biography. Digital Archive. Entrepreneur Sheila Crump Johnson was born on January 25, 1949, in Pennsylvania. Her father, George P. Crump, was a prominent neurosurgeon, and her mother, Marie Iris Crump, was an accountant.
Sep 28, 2023 · NPR's Michel Martin talks to Sheila Johnson, the first Black female billionaire, about her account of surviving an emotionally abusive marriage. Johnson's new memoir is Walk Through Fire.
Sep 26, 2023 · Entrepreneur Sheila Johnson made a name for herself as the co-founder of Black Entertainment Television, known as BET, and became the first Black woman billionaire. She later became the CEO of Salamander Resorts and Hotels and the co-owner of three professional sports teams.
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