CNBC honored Robert L. Johnson, at the fourth annual CNBC Executive Leadership Awards which was held at the New York Public Library.
There are 1,125 billionaires in the world according to Forbes magazine with an estimated combined net worth of $4.4 trillion, up $900 billion from last year. Still the current number of black billionaires is only 6, less than one...
Robert Johnson's RLJ Development LLC today announced the closing of the sale of 22 full and select service hotels to Inland American Lodging Corporation.
One billion dollars is no longer enough to land you on the Forbes 400. The price of admission to this, the 25th anniversary edition of the Forbes 400, is $1.3 billion, up $300 million from last year.
Our Stories Films and The Ford Motor Co. have formed an exclusive new marketing alliance that includes product placement, script integration, sponsorships, and promotions of featured film titles.
Robert L. Johnson, chairman of the RLJ Companies and founder of Black Entertainment Television, departed Liberia today having led a 25 person delegation of prominent African Americans. The four-day business and cultural mission...
Robert Johnson, founder of the cable television station BET, will be the host of the 2007 Black Enterprise Entrepreneurs Conference & Expo from May 9-12 at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin resorts.
Forbes magazine has released it's annual ranking of the world's richest people. The Forbes world's billionaires list consist of 946 billionaires, whose combined net worth climbed by $900 billion to $3.5 trillion. This years list...
Robert L. Johnson, majority owner of the NBA's Charlotte Bobcats, announced today the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the RLJ Companies (RLJ), the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the United States...
Black Enterprise today unveils its 2007 list of the Top 50 Power Brokers in Hollywood. In the March cover feature, BE spotlights the growing number of African Americans who have achieved record influence in show business.
Robert Johnson controlled RLJ Development, LLC affiliate RLJ Lodging Fund II, has acquired the New York LaGuardia Airport Marriott from LaSalle Hotel Properties (NYSE: LHO) for $69.0 million.
Billionaire Robert Johnson's Urban Trust Bank has entered into an agreement to put its branches in select Wal-Mart stores.
Robert L. Johnson, Chairman of financial firm RolloverSystems, Inc., and CEO & Chairman of The RLJ Companies, the largest shareholder in RolloverSystems, announced that Reginald Bowser, Founder and CEO of RolloverSystems Inc. is...
Billionaire Robert L. Johnson's The RLJ Companies ("RLJ") announced it has joined with Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. as an equity partner in its pursuit of a license for a gaming facility in Philadelphia. The agreement formalizes...
BET founder Robert L. Johnson is at it again, this time opening his first bank in Washington, D.C, the flagship branch of his Urban Trust Bank, an affiliate of his Bethesda, Md. headquartered RLJ Companies LLC.
For the first time everyone on Forbes magazine's list of the 400 richest Americans are worth $1 billion or more.
Robert L. Johnson, founder of BET and owner of the NBA Charlotte Bobcats, today announced that his privately held RLJ Companies, LLC has...
Robert L. Johnson founder of BET and majority owner of the NBA's Charlotte Bobcats, announced today that he will enter into a venture with Michael Jordan to invest in business opportunities in media, entertainment and financial...
Robert Johnson, the founder of Black Entertainment Television has acquired a small Florida bank and plans to move it to Washington as the first step in establishing a nationwide banking franchise to target black customers.
Robert Johnson, founder of Black Entertainment Television, said his investment company has signed a deal to buy 100 hotels for $1.7 billion.