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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. [1] 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, the CEO of Salamander Hotel And Resorts, sits with Forbes senior editor Maggie McGrath at the Forbes 30/50 Summit to discuss her career, and the lessons and principles she's...
Sep 15, 2023 · Sheila Johnson could have retired when Black Entertainment Television (BET), the company she founded with her then-husband Robert Johnson, sold to Viacom in a deal worth $3 billion in 2001,...
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.
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 ...
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 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...
