black leadership

Big Dave's Cheesesteaks CEO and founder Derrick Hayes
Success

Multimillion-dollar restaurant CEO used to splurge on Range Rovers and McLarens—but he’s reining it in now because today’s economy makes no sense

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September 5, 2025
Tennis sensation Coco Gauff
Success

Tennis champion Coco Gauff loves this $2 monthly subscription, cooks TikTok recipes, and treats herself with $3,000 shopping sprees

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September 4, 2025
Big Dave's Cheesesteaks founder and CEO Derrick Hayes
Success

Big Dave’s Cheesesteaks CEO grew up in ‘survival mode’ selling newspapers and bean pies—now his chain sells a $12 cheesesteak every 58 seconds

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August 30, 2025
Executive
Commentary

Future CEOs, erased: the economic cost of losing Black women in the workforce

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August 15, 2025
Serena Williams
Success

Serena Williams’ secret to success is about more than talent: You have to grind ‘every day’

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June 30, 2025
Marvin Ellison, CEO of Lowe's
Leadership

The top Black CEO in the Fortune 500 is steering $83 billion in revenue

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June 2, 2025
Hella Cocktail Co founders
Success

This Gen Xer turned $2,500 on a credit card into a multimillion-dollar business and quit his 9-to-5 for good

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June 1, 2025
John Boyega
Success

Multimillionaire ‘Star Wars’ star John Boyega played hard to get in his interview with J.J. Abrams—even though he had just $15 in his bank account

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April 15, 2025
Thasunda Brown Duckett, TIAA CEO, speaks onstage during a live taping of "Earn Your Leisure" at Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel at Morehouse College on January 22, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Finance

Meet the 8 Black Fortune 500 CEOs leading companies with over $228 billion in combined revenues

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February 28, 2025
An illustration of people climbing the corporate ladder and strategizing.
Leadership

How ‘CEO sprinters’ like Red Lobster’s 35-year-old exec make it to the top

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December 17, 2024
Taco Bell’s CEO has essential advice for success: ‘Don’t try to be a black belt in everything’
Success

Taco Bell’s CEO has essential advice for success: ‘Don’t try to be a black belt in everything’

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November 18, 2024
These two founders didn’t know each other well—until they both got sued by conservative legal activists following the fall of affirmative action. With the cases behind them, they reflect on lessons learned and how other businesses can prepare.  
Conferences

They were sued over grants for Black entrepreneurs. Now, these CEOs are raising millions to fund small businesses

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October 16, 2024
Why famed Obama advisor Valerie Jarrett hid her pregnancy for six months early in her career
Conferences

Why famed Obama advisor Valerie Jarrett hid her pregnancy for six months early in her career

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October 15, 2024
Stacey Abrams at Fortune's Impact Initiative conference in Atlanta, Georgia on October 9, 2024.
Conferences

Stacey Abrams says the history of America is a centuries-long struggle toward DEI

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October 9, 2024
Sheila Johnson (right) with Fortune’s Diane Brady
Leadership

After selling a company for billions, a self-made entrepreneur said her story wasn’t finished—‘I needed another act in my life’

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October 8, 2024

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