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These Black American Billionaires Could Save TikTok
Michael Jordan, Rihanna, Jay-Z: Will any of these rich Black Americans save Tiktok before the ban?
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Black Celebrities Who Have Donated to HBCUs
Here’s the list of seven Black celebs who showed love to the HBCU community.
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Rise of Billionaire Robert Smith, The Richest African American
Robert F. Smith founder of Vista Equity Partners is worth an estimated $9 billion
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The Shocking Differences Between Black, White Billionaires
We’re taking a look at the surprising, and not so surprising, differences found in the journeys of Black and white billionaires.
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Black Billionaires Could Save X (Twitter), But Why Would They?
With Elon Musk trying to destroy Twitter, there are Black billionaires (and millionaires) who are smart and connected enough to save it.
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Turns Out, Kanye Is Not the Richest Black Man in America [Corrected]
Correction: 3/18/2021, 12:15 p.m. ET: *record scratch* Laaaaaa, la, la, laaaa wait ‘til we (and a bunch of other media) get our wealth valuations wrong. Kanye West is actually not the richest Black man in the U.S. On Thursday morning, a whole Kanye-kerfuffle erupted including a now-retracted Forbes article stating that the rapper-entrepreneur-former-presidential-candidate had become…