Madam CJ Walker became the first African American millionaire by owning a business dedicated to hair care products for African Americans. She also invented the hot comb.
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Sarah Breedlove known as Madam C. J. Walker was the first African American woman to become a millionaire. She was an entrepreneur and philanthropist known for her hair products.
yes she is she is the first black person to become a millionaire.
Madam C. J. Walker has been listed in some editions of the Guinness Book of World Records as the first American woman to garner a million dollars in assets. While other American women earlier had become millionaires, they either married wealthy men or inherited wealth from their fathers. There were a few African American men who became millionaires during the late 1900s through real estate investments and insurance companies. She founded her hair care company in 1906 and was a pioneer of the modern hair care and cosmetics industry along with women like Helena Rubinstein, Annie Malone and Elizabeth Arden. She amassed her fortune through the sales of her hair care products and through wise investments in New York real estate in Harlem, on Central Park West in Manhattan and in Irvington-on-Hudson, New York.
Madam C. J. WalkerMadam C. J. WalkerActually in 1914 Madame Walker became the first black millionaire and of course also the first black female millionaire. The first black female billionaire has come about more recent in history her name is Sheila Crump Johnson. She is also the first Black woman to own three professional sports franchises. She is the President and CEO of the company that she founded Salamander Hospitality which is a Hotel, Resort, and Restaurant management firm. Ms. Johnson is also the ex wife of Bob Johnson with whom she founded BET. Other black female billionaires include Oprah Winfrey also the richest self made woman in America and Taysha Smith-Valez who at 27 is also the youngest self made billionaire.
Henry Stockton Lewis, the first African American veterinarian, graduated from the Harvard School of. Veterinary Medicine in 1889.