Business

Stern helped transform the league, bringing it out of a slump into a period of greatness.

Joseph Segel was the founder of the TV shopping channel QVC. Inspired by watching the Home Shopping Network, Segel created a competitor with a different technique, skipping the hard sell …

The paper has been an important voice for the black community in Miami.

Edward Dee was the founder of Smarties Candy Company and the inventor of the sweet candy discs, packaged in rolls and especially popular on Halloween.

Gert Boyle was the former president and chairwoman of Columbia Sportswear, who built the company from a small business to the largest outerwear company in the U.S. and starred in …

Longtime owner of the Arizona Cardinals was a leader in promoting diversity in NFL hiring.

Barron Hilton was the son of Conrad Hilton who took over the Hilton Hotels business and expanded it to include casinos. He was also a founding owner in the American …

Colorful Texas businessman was a generous philanthropist.

Johnson Products, which created Afro Sheen and Ultra Sheen, was the first black-owned company traded on the American Stock Exchange

Co-owner of international conglomerate Koch Industries.