Is BET owned by a Black person : Viacom Acquires BET - ABC News - The Walt Disney Company

17 Sep 2024 —

Johnson is the founder of Black Entertainment Television, the first Black-owned company to be traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Launched in .... BET was originally started by Robert and then-wife Sheila Johnson in 1980. Robert Johnson created BET from the basement of his Washington home ....

Robert L. Johnson (born Ap, Hickory, Mississippi, U.S.) is an American businessman, founder of Black Entertainment Television (BET), ....

“There will not be African-American ownership at the very top,and I think that makes a difference,” said James Winston,executive director of .... Viacom is 67% owned by National Amusements Inc. (a private corporation owned by one white man: Sumner Redstone, If Black Executive Leaders are ....