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Feb 29, 2024 · Feb 29, 2024, 10:13 AM PST. Robert L. Johnson founded BET in 1980. Eleven years later, it became the first Black-owned company to go public on the New York Stock Exchange. L. Cohen/Getty...
Feb 26, 2018 · 5 things to know about Robert Johnson, America’s first black billionaire. Published Mon, Feb 26 20181:36 PM EST. Ruth Umoh @ruthumohnews. Share. Getty Images. Out of the 2,043 people who appear...
May 23, 2018 · Cable television executive. Worked for Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Washington Urban League, and as a press secretary; National Cable TV Association, vice-president of government relations, 1976-79; Black Entertainment Television (BET), founder, chairman, chief executive, and principal shareholder, 1980 —.
Leadership →. Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century. Request the Data. Robert L. Johnson. Black Entertainment Television. 1980–2001. Industry: Entertainment & Broadcast Media. Era: 1980. Johnson created the first and only cable television station with programming for and about black Americans.
Nov 21, 2022 · November 21, 2022. RLJ Companies Chairman Robert L. Johnson Inducted Into the Television Academy Hall of Fame. Robert L. Johnson, founder and chairman of The RLJ Companies and founder...
Robert L. Johnson started Black Entertainment Television (BET) in 1979, with a US$15,000 loan. BET was the first television network to provide entertainment, music, news, sports, and public affairs programming specifically for an African-American audience. ... In 1980, Robert had convinced John Malone, the president of Tele-Communications, Inc ...
Jan 14, 2004 · Entrepreneurs with good ideas and the right timing can find capital to finance their business if they build strong support networks, according to Robert L. Johnson, founder and chief executive of Black Entertainment Television (BET), during a presentation Dec. 5 at Wharton’s Whitney M. Young conference.
