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  • BIRTH 08/04/1946
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Robert L. Johnson

Robert Louis Johnson is an American entrepreneur, media magnate, executive, philanthropist, and investor. He is the co-founder of BET, which was acquired by Viacom in 2001. He also founded RLJ Companies, a holding company that invests in various business sectors. Johnson is the former majority owner of the Charlotte Bobcats. He became the first African-American billionaire in 2001. Johnson's companies have counted among the most prominent African-American businesses in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.

Robert L. Johnson

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Himself - First Black Billionaire (archive footage) / Self - First Black Billionaire (archive footage)