Sheila Johnson | Full Episode 2.9.24 | Firing Line with Margaret Hoover | PBS
Sheila Johnson | Full Episode 2.9.24 | Firing Line with Margaret Hoover | PBS
Entrepreneur and philanthropist Sheila Johnson, the co-founder of BET who now owns sports teams and luxury hotels, discusses her memoir “Walk Through Fire” on how she overcame adversity to become America’s first Black female billionaire.
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Great interview all around!
Sheila is so classy. I love her.
rhianna is one of the first black billionaires.
There is NO systemic racism in the US anymore. She is a left-wing billionaire.
Sheila Johnson is an excellent example to young people in America on how to become a success in life. She overcame hardship and adversity by hardwork and vision. Much admire this women!
Anthony Joseph Lucchese
I am currently enjoying reading Ms. Johnson's memoir. She has lived quite an interesting life. It is so heartwarming to see a woman who was so emotionally abused by her ex-husband succeed in business and in life. Her compassion and philanthropy is admirable, and I wish it was contagious. The world would be a much better place with more people like Ms. Johnson caring for others and giving back to society. She deserves all the success she has earned, and I think her story will resonate with women who have been stuck in abusive marriages. Her love for the arts and her passion for the violin makes me sad for today's young children who may not be exposed to the arts as those programs are not valued in the public school system. I hope whoever purchases BET will extend an invitation to Ms. Johnson to serve in some type of creative compacity, because I think her voice is an important one with many ideas to offer for the continued success of the channel.
(suggestion for any future video similar to this one (or life in general): no referring to any lived (or living) being by a description based on skin complexion)
Thank you Margaret for interviewing Shelia! Thanks and have a blessed day.
Well done Margaret. Ms Johnson mentioned TVs quality decline but your quality is the very best. Hope you and your family have a wonderful Super Bowl (go Niners) and a well deserved valentines.
BET racism at its best.
The Equivalent
WET would see instant legal action
Thank you for this Interview, so much of this is still true for women. We so need her. What an example of triumph and hope.
Under President Biden’s leadership, the United States is on track to have the three strongest years in history for new small business applications, and with Black business ownership growing at the fastest pace in 30 years. When Black businesses do well, they create jobs, generate wealth in their local communities, and make the broader economy stronger. As a result, Black wealth is up a record 60% from before the pandemic and Black unemployment has reached historic lows. The Administration’s investment in Black entrepreneurs is producing results, including:
Nearly $70 billion—a new record—in Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 on federal contracts awarded to small, disadvantaged businesses (SDBs).
$12 billion in community lenders to expand access to capital and resources to too-often sidelined entrepreneurs. The U.S. Department of Treasury estimates that these investments in community lenders will result in a $50 billion increase in lending to Latino communities and a nearly $80 billion increase in lending to Black communities over the next decade.
$10 billion in states, tribes, and territories to launch and expand capital access programs for roughly 100,000 small businesses, including $79 million to Wisconsin. Whitehouse.gov
Awesome Woman! Time well spent!
Sorry Sheila, Trump did more for black people than any recent president in history, agree that TV content/Hollywood is garbage. You defending affirmative action tells a lot as well. Your saying that black people cant compete on an intellectual level with whites/Asians and society should be dumber just so you can be in higher positions, but you didn’t earn it, and your not as capable. Got it.
STOP selling racism !