reader's choice: the 10 most important black business luminaries
Black Enterprise, August, 2000 by Tanisha Ann Sykes
sarah "madam c.j." walker
(1867-1919) Entrepreneur. Born Sarah Breedlove in 1867 in Delta. Louisiana, Walker was the daughter of former slaves. From her beginnings as an uneducated farm laborer and laundress, she transformed her life, becoming one of the most successful businesswomen of the 20th century, Walker is widely reported to be the first self-made African American millionaire. She made her fortune through a haircare products company targeted to the African American community. Once asked what was the secret of her success, Walker responded: "There is no royal flower-strewn path to success ... If I have accomplished anything in life, it is because I have been willing to work hard."
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