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Tope Awotona is the founder and CEO of the scheduling software startup Calendly, which private investors valued at $3 billion in 2021. https://t.co/LXYvWLVnGd #ForbesBLK50

A nine-time NBA All-Star and the league’s MVP in 2017, Westbrook is also a serial entrepreneur with a net worth of $375 million, Forbes estimates. https://t.co/9KSUxHAhMX #ForbesBLK50

In 1991, Dennis partnered with a college roommate and his mother to start Sundial Brands, a hair and skincare company. The brand eventually sold to Unilever in 2017 for an estimated $1.6 billion. https://t.co/3Wr4XRZihR #ForbesBLK50

The founder and CEO of the plant-based burger chain Slutty Vegan, Pinky Cole is a Forbes Next 1000 lister. Slutty Vegan now has 12 franchises throughout the country. https://t.co/rnjM1MCoa3 #ForbesBLK50

Since 2021, Michael Smith has been the CEO of AmeriCorps, the federal agency responsible for national service and volunteerism. He oversees $800 million in financial and human resources grants each year. https://t.co/j3eVjlacSI #ForbesBLK50

He is one of four Black Americans to appear on the Forbes 400 with a net worth of $3.5 billion. On the philanthropic front, Jordan’s apparel brand committed $100 million in 2020 toward social and economic empowerment in the Black community. https://t.co/7PkdHbnu3w #ForbesBLK50

John Hope Bryant is the CEO of Atlanta-based nonprofit Operation Hope, which helps make capitalism work for underserved communities. https://t.co/8qbdk7XRWi #ForbesBLK50

In 1978, with only $1,500 to her name, Janice Bryant Howroyd founded what would become a temporary staffing agency, the ActOne Group. Today, ActOne has more than 2,600 employees and operates in 33 countries. https://t.co/nOcuR0oJ6D #ForbesBLK50 https://t.co/9DmaBXIbnR

Fawn Weaver is the founder and CEO of Uncle Nearest, the most successful Black-owned liquor company in the United States, which Forbes values at $1.1 billion. Weaver’s ownership stake gives her an estimated net worth of $480 million. https://t.co/6YWfW8co0X #ForbesBLK50

Eddie Brown is the founder and chairman of Brown Capital Management, one of the nation’s oldest Black-owned investment firms with $8.8 billion in assets under management. https://t.co/pwQLcg5KKZ #ForbesBLK50