Bob Johnson is America's first black billionaire. He founded the Black Entertainment Television network in 1980 and sold it to Viacom for $3 billion in 2001, but remained BET's chief executive until 2005. He now runs a conglomerate, RLJ Cos., which includes more than 130 hotels (Hiltons and...
A CONVERSATION WITH BOB JOHNSON
Bob Johnson is America's first black billionaire. He founded the Black Entertainment Television network in 1980 and sold it to Viacom for $3 billion in 2001, but remained BET's chief executive until 2005. He now runs a conglomerate, RLJ Cos., which includes more than 130 hotels (Hiltons and...