Monday, September 12, 2011

Top 10 Black-Owned Companies




World Wide Technology Inc.




David L. Steward, chairman of the board,
founded World Wide Technology


In 2010, revenue rose 45 percent to $3.2 billion as demand from the public
and private sectors soared for this Maryland Heights, Mo., firm's technology
products and consulting services. David L. Steward, chairman of the board,
founded World Wide Technology in 1990. Prior to working at WWT, Steward,
who earned a bachelor's degree in business management from Central
Missouri State University, was a senior-level manager at Federal Express,
Wagner Electric and Missouri Pacific Railroad.




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CAMAC International Corp. 




Kase Lawal the Nigerian-born founder, chairman and CEO
of CAMAC


Last September, President Obama enlisted a seasoned entrepreneur when he
appointed Kase Lawal to the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and
Negotiation. In 1986 the Nigerian-born chairman and CEO of CAMAC founded
his company, which has annual revenue of about $1.5 billion to explore,
develop and operate oil properties. Lawal, who has a B.S. in chemical
engineering and an MBA, worked as a chemist and a chemical engineer prior
to starting CAMAC in Houston.




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Bridgewater Interiors LLC




Ronald E. Hall Sr. has been CEO at Bridge-
water since its 1998 launch


The Detroit company, a tier-one supplier of motor-vehicle parts and
accessories, is in a tough industry. Its joint-venture partner, Johnson
Controls, a technology and industrial company, owns 49 percent of the
business. Ronald E. Hall Sr. has been CEO at Bridgewater since its 1998
launch. The company, which had revenue of $1.1 billion in 2009, is
known for its high-quality work on popular Ford and General Motors
vehicles.




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ACT-1 Group




Janice Bryant Howroyd founded ACT-1 in
1978


Companies with staffing, human resources or business concerns turn to
Janice Bryant Howroyd for her expertise, and she has built a firm with nearly
$1 billion in annual revenue
. The North Carolina A&T University graduate
founded ACT-1, headquartered in Torrance, Calif., in 1978, and is CEO of
what is now the nation's largest woman- and minority-owned employment-
services company. Howroyd is the author of The Art of Work: How to Make
Work, Work for You!













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ZeroChaos





Harold F. Mills is CEO of the Orlando, Fla.,
staff-services firm


If you name your work-force-management company ZeroChaos, you better
deliver. Harold F. Mills is CEO of the Orlando, Fla., staff-services firm, with
annual sales of $700 million. The company has customers in 14 countries. In
2010 the Orlando Business Journal hailed the former Ameritech executive as
one of its 40 Under 40 leaders. Mills has a bachelor's degree from Purdue
University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Follow him on Twitter.




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MV Transportation Inc.





Feysan Lodde, founded MV Transportation
in 1975


When you have to get to work or somewhere else, MV Transportation can
take you there. The Fairfield, Calif., company, founded in 1975 by husband-
and-wife team Alex and Feysan Lodde, has nearly 13,000 employees and
revenue of more than $700 million annually. Its 7,000 vehicles serve public
and private passengers in 100 locations in 26 states plus Canada. It is the
nation's "largest privately held passenger-transportation contracting firm."



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TAG Holdings LLC





CEO Joseph B. Anderson leads the Troy,
Mich., parent company


CEO Joseph B. Anderson leads the Troy, Mich., parent company of a variety
of businesses. TAG Holdings controls a Korean and a Chinese plumbing
ceramics maker, four automobile wheel-assembly suppliers, and a firm that
offers consolidation and warehouse services. Revenue in 2010 was more
than $700 million.
 Anderson is a former White House fellow and a decorated
West Point graduate. From 1979 to 1992, he was a General Motors
executive. He is a vice chair of the Obama administration's Manufacturing
Council.





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The RLJ Cos.



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Robert L. Johnson founder and chairman of
the RLJ Cos., based in Bethesda, Md.


Serial entrepreneur Robert L. Johnson is always busy. He is the founder and
chairman of the RLJ Cos., based in Bethesda, Md. In 2010, RLJ Development,
the hotel investment company that Johnson and Thomas J. Baltimore Jr. co-
founded, acquired 22 properties worth more than $1 billion. They include two
hotels in New York; five properties in the Washington, D.C., area; and hotels
in Tampa, Fla., and Los Angeles. The firm's 2010 revenue was $578 million.




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Bridgeman Foods Inc.




Ulysses "Junior" Bridgeman, an is owner
and president Manna Inc. and ERJ Inc.


Ulysses "Junior" Bridgeman was an accomplished basketball player during
12 years in the NBA. He also anticipated retirement by exploring business
opportunities and making contacts that turned him into an all-star in
business. Bridgeman is owner and president of $500 million Manna Inc. and
ERJ Inc., which manage more than 320 restaurants. Those include 163
Wendy's Old Fashioned Hamburger restaurants, 120 Chili's, nine Perkin's
Family Restaurant & Bakery restaurants and at least 28 Fazoli's. They're all
slam dunks.














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Barden Cos. Inc. 




Don Barden is the nation's only black owner of gaming
casinos


During the 1980s, Don Barden made his first fortune operating Detroit-area
cable television companies, which he later sold to Comcast. He has also
owned a real estate development company and radio stations. Currently
Barden is the nation's only black owner of gaming casinos. His $380
million
 business consists of the Fitzgerald casinos in Las Vegas, Mississippi
and Colorado, as well as two Majestic Star floating casinos in Gary, Ind.




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