Sheila Johnson could have retired when Black Entertainment Television (BET), the company she founded with her then-husband Robert Johnson , sold to Viacom in a deal worth $3 billion in 2001, making her the first Black female billionaire.
But the music-teacher-turned-media-mogul says she was too restless, too eager to prove herself after her divorce went through in 2002.
“I think I was pissed off,” she says, nodding to her years “as the little woman behind the man.” She adds: “There was a lot of me left on the table.”
Persons:
Sheila Johnson, Robert Johnson, “, ”
Organizations:
Black Entertainment Television, BET, Viacom