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TheGrio's 100: George Andrews, Providing opportunities for small businesses

By Keosha Johnson

2:22 PM on 02/09/2012

theGRIO's 100 - George Andrews is the founder and CEO of what is now the second-largest black-owned bank in Georgia...

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TheGrio's 100: Bryan 'Birdman' Williams, Rapper-turned-business-mogul

By Keosha Johnson

1:32 PM on 02/03/2012

theGRIO's 100 - Bryan 'Birdman' Williams is a bona-fide business mogul. While mostly known as a co-founder of Cash Money Records, his empire includes fashion...

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TheGrio's 100: Felecia Hatcher, Co-founder of gourmet ice cream truck line

By Keosha Johnson

2:03 PM on 02/02/2012

theGRIOs 100 - Apple Martini. Apple Pie. Almond Butter. These three things did not have a lot in common until Felecia Hatcher came along and created Feverish, an aptly named line of gourmet ice cream trucks...

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TheGrio's 100: Michael Roberts, Creating a billion dollar legacy

By Keosha Johnson

2:47 AM on 01/31/2012

theGRIO's 100 - Michael V. Roberts is one of the country's most successful African American businessmen...

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TheGrio's 100: Torrence Boone, Google managing director makes his mark in the tech world

By Keosha Johnson

1:25 AM on 01/31/2012

theGRIO's 100 - Torrence Boone is the managing director of agency business development for Internet and software giant Google...

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TheGrio's 100: Leanna Archer, hair and body care CEO since age 9

By Keosha Johnson

12:20 AM on 01/31/2012

theGRIO's 100 - Leanna Archer started a line of natural hair and body care products when she was nine years old based on a secret family recipe...

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TheGrio's 100: Jermaine Griggs, Founder of multi-million dollar music site

By Keosha Johnson

11:15 PM on 01/30/2012

theGRIO's 100 - At the age of 16, Jermaine Griggs created Hear and Play, a site dedicated to helping users learn to play musical instruments by ear...

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TheGrio's 100: Dhani Jones, The Renaissance man

By Keosha Johnson

8:19 PM on 01/30/2012

theGRIO's 100 - Former NFL linebacker. Author. TV show host. Entrepreneur. It's hard to describe 33-year-old Dhani Jones in one sentence, but a particular phrase comes to mind when referring to him: Renaissance man...

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TheGrio's 100: Jess Moore, Fashionista creates successful style app

By Keosha Johnson

8:08 PM on 01/30/2012

theGRIO's 100 - In October 2009, Jessica Moore took $500, an idea and the help of her boyfriend, Bill Atkins, to create Stylebook, a closet management app...

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TheGrio's 100: Andre 'Dr. Dre' Young, Hip-hop and business icon

By Keosha Johnson

12:33 AM on 01/30/2012

André Romelle Young, also known as Dr. Dre, has been a mainstay in hip hop music since he released his first album, "The Chronic," in 1992. Since then he has continued to rap, produce music and changed the hustle of hip hop.

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TheGrio's 100: Richard Bennett, ex-Marine builds $8M construction company

By theGrio

8:59 AM on 02/08/2011

TheGrio's 100 - This Former Marine now commands his own company, Fidelis, which has rapidly built a sturdy reputation in contract construction...

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TheGrio's 100: Jason Few, turning a profit by greening Texas

By theGrio

6:30 PM on 02/01/2011

TheGrio's 100 - More than 1.5 million Texans depend on Jason Few to keep their homes cool during boiling Southwest summers, but the Reliant Energy president isn't sweating it...

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TheGrio's 100: Lisa Price, cooked up beauty empire from Brooklyn kitchen

By theGrio

8:08 AM on 02/01/2011

TheGrio's 100 - In 1993, Lisa Price started Carol's Daughter, a multimillion-dollar beauty business, with $100 and a homemade lotion recipe in her Brooklyn kitchen...

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TheGrio's 100: Ken Frazier, Merck CEO finds Fortune 100 success

By theGrio

1:00 AM on 02/01/2011

TheGrio's 100 - As a volunteer attorney, Kenneth Frazier won the 1997 release of James "Bo" Cochran, who spent 19 years on death row for a murder he didn't commit...

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TheGrio's 100: John Rice, changing the complexion of corporate America

By theGrio

1:00 AM on 02/01/2011

TheGrio's 100 - With a Harvard MBA and management experience at Disney and the NBA, Rice founded Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT) in 2000...

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TheGrio's 100: Cheryl Dorsey, doctor turned CEO delivers positive change

By theGrio

12:12 AM on 02/01/2011

TheGrio's 100 - Echoing Green CEO Cheryl Dorsey grants seed money to creative problem-solvers ready to implement life-changing ideas...

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TheGrio's 100: Bernard Beal, Wall Street mogul does well by doing good

By theGrio

12:09 AM on 02/01/2011

TheGrio's 100 - After spending nine successful years in finance at Shearson Lehman Hutton, Beal founded one of the nation's premier investment banking boutiques...

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TheGrio's 100: Amiya Alexander, pint-sized pirouetting entrepreneur

By theGrio

12:04 AM on 02/01/2011

TheGrio's 100 - When Amiya Alexander's friends couldn't afford dance lessons, the then-9-year-old dancer decided to start her own studio...

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TheGrio's 100: Don Peebles, college dropout crowned real-estate king

By theGrio

12:00 AM on 02/01/2011

TheGrio's 100 - Raised by his single, teenage mother, Peebles vowed he would gain financial security for himself -- a promise that drove him to take an unconventional path to success...

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TheGrio's 100: Rosalind Brewer, Wal-Mart leader breaks Fortune 500 glass ceiling

By theGrio

12:00 AM on 02/01/2011

TheGrio's 100 - If Wal-Mart South were its own company, president Rosalind Brewer would be running the 21st largest corporation on the 2010 Fortune 500 list...

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