Reginald Lewis America’s First Black Billion Dollar Businessman

American businessman

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Reginald F. Lewis, was an American businessman. He was one of the richest African-American men in the 1980s, and the first African American to build a billion-dollar company, TLC Beatrice International Holdings Inc.Wikipedia

Born: 7 December 1942, Baltimore, Maryland, United States Died: 19 January 1993, New York, New York, United States Spouse: Loida Nicolas Lewis (m. 1969–1993) Books: “Why Should White Guys Have All the Fun?”: How Reginald Lewis Created a Billion-Dollar Business Empire Children: Christina Lewis, Christina S. N. Lewis