Robert l johnson net worth 2017
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Robert L. Johnson.
Robert l johnson net worth 2017
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Top 10 Incredible Facts about Entrepreneur Robert L. Johnson
Only three African-Americans appear on the 2017 Forbes list of billionaires: Oprah Winfrey, Robert Smith, and Michael Jordan.
However, before any of them made the list, Robert L. Johnson, 75, became the first African-American billionaire in 2001 after selling his cable station Black Entertainment Television (BET), according to Forbes.
Johnson is now the owner and chairman of RLJ companies, an asset management firm he founded in 2004.
He also serves on the boards of several well-known organizations, including Lowe’s and the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African American History and Culture.
The Forbes billionaires list currently includes media mogul Oprah Winfrey, who debuted in 2003 and has an estimated net worth of $2.8 billion, former basketball player Michael Jordan, who debuted in 2014 and is worth $1.7 billion, and investor Rober