Founder Files
They Built It in 1947. It Is Still Standing.
2026-06-14
Mielle Organics Sold to Procter & Gamble. Monique Rodriguez Stays CEO.
2023-01-05
The Honey Pot Company Acquired for $380 Million. What Beatrice Dixon Built.
2023-03-14
Sundial Brands Sold to Unilever. The SheaMoisture Question.
2017-11-28
P&G Acquires Walker & Company. Tristan Walker Built the Exit He Designed.
2018-12-12
Cecred Is at Ulta. Six Months In, Beyonce's Hair Brand Is Proving Everyone Wrong.
2024-08-15
Black Girl Sunscreen Is at Target and Walmart. Shontay Lundy Built This Shelf Space One Store at a Time.
2022-06-01
Topicals Got Its Sephora Shelf. The Brand Did Not Ask Permission to Be There.
2023-04-12
PATTERN Beauty Is Now at Ulta. Tracee Ellis Ross Built This Brand to Last.
2021-03-01
Shontay Lundy Did Not Build Black Girl Sunscreen to Prove a Point. She Built It Because No One Else Would.
2023-07-12
Beatrice Dixon Trusted a Dream. The Honey Pot Company Was the Result.
2023-09-05
The CROWN Act Made Natural Hair a Protected Class. The Beauty Industry Is Still Catching Up.
2022-10-18
The Drop
Black Beauty Is a $9 Billion Market. Black-Owned Brands Have Never Held More of It.
2023-11-15
Why Every Major Beauty Conglomerate Wants a Black Brand Now. The Business Behind the Acquisitions.
2023-06-20
Black Beauty Founders Raise Less. The Data Is Clear. The Reasons Are Not Complicated.
2022-08-10
Brown Beauty Co-op Only Carries Black-Owned Brands. That Is the Entire Point.
2021-04-15
Thirteen Lune Is Now Inside JCPenney. The Black Beauty Retailer Just Reached 650 Stores.
2022-01-19
L'Oréal Acquires Carol's Daughter. The Acquisition That Started the Conversation.
2014-10-08
Aurora James Built a Shoe Brand. Then She Built the Infrastructure Around It.
2024-03-10
Kwame Onwuachi Just Put a Black Chef on the Las Vegas Strip. That Has Never Happened Before.
2026-04-15
OneUnited Bank Has Been the Largest Black-Owned Bank in America for Decades. Here Is Why That Still Matters.
2024-09-12
Sheila Johnson Built Seven Forbes Five-Star Hotels. She Is Not Done.
2024-06-05
Telfar Clemens Did Not Build a Luxury Brand. He Built a Movement That Happens to Make Bags.
2023-08-20
Gregory Gourdet Won James Beard's Best New Restaurant With Haitian Food. Read That Again.
2023-11-08
Brand Moves
They Built It in 1947. It Is Still Standing.
2026-06-14
Mielle Organics Sold to Procter & Gamble. Monique Rodriguez Stays CEO.
2023-01-05
The Honey Pot Company Acquired for $380 Million. What Beatrice Dixon Built.
2023-03-14
Sundial Brands Sold to Unilever. The SheaMoisture Question.
2017-11-28
P&G Acquires Walker & Company. Tristan Walker Built the Exit He Designed.
2018-12-12
Cecred Is at Ulta. Six Months In, Beyonce's Hair Brand Is Proving Everyone Wrong.
2024-08-15
Black Girl Sunscreen Is at Target and Walmart. Shontay Lundy Built This Shelf Space One Store at a Time.
2022-06-01
Topicals Got Its Sephora Shelf. The Brand Did Not Ask Permission to Be There.
2023-04-12
PATTERN Beauty Is Now at Ulta. Tracee Ellis Ross Built This Brand to Last.
2021-03-01
Shontay Lundy Did Not Build Black Girl Sunscreen to Prove a Point. She Built It Because No One Else Would.
2023-07-12
Beatrice Dixon Trusted a Dream. The Honey Pot Company Was the Result.
2023-09-05
The CROWN Act Made Natural Hair a Protected Class. The Beauty Industry Is Still Catching Up.
2022-10-18
Culture
Black Beauty Is a $9 Billion Market. Black-Owned Brands Have Never Held More of It.
2023-11-15
Why Every Major Beauty Conglomerate Wants a Black Brand Now. The Business Behind the Acquisitions.
2023-06-20
Black Beauty Founders Raise Less. The Data Is Clear. The Reasons Are Not Complicated.
2022-08-10
Brown Beauty Co-op Only Carries Black-Owned Brands. That Is the Entire Point.
2021-04-15
Thirteen Lune Is Now Inside JCPenney. The Black Beauty Retailer Just Reached 650 Stores.
2022-01-19
L'Oréal Acquires Carol's Daughter. The Acquisition That Started the Conversation.
2014-10-08
Aurora James Built a Shoe Brand. Then She Built the Infrastructure Around It.
2024-03-10
Kwame Onwuachi Just Put a Black Chef on the Las Vegas Strip. That Has Never Happened Before.
2026-04-15
OneUnited Bank Has Been the Largest Black-Owned Bank in America for Decades. Here Is Why That Still Matters.
2024-09-12
Sheila Johnson Built Seven Forbes Five-Star Hotels. She Is Not Done.
2024-06-05
Telfar Clemens Did Not Build a Luxury Brand. He Built a Movement That Happens to Make Bags.
2023-08-20
Gregory Gourdet Won James Beard's Best New Restaurant With Haitian Food. Read That Again.
2023-11-08
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They Built It in 1947. It Is Still Standing.
2026-06-14
Kwame Onwuachi Just Put a Black Chef on the Las Vegas Strip. That Has Never Happened Before.
2026-04-15OneUnited Bank Has Been the Largest Black-Owned Bank in America for Decades. Here Is Why That Still Matters.
2024-09-12Cecred Is at Ulta. Six Months In, Beyonce's Hair Brand Is Proving Everyone Wrong.
2024-08-15The Drop
Cecred Is at Ulta. Six Months In, Beyonce's Hair Brand Is Proving Everyone Wrong.
New collections, price moves, and product releases filed as they happen.
Read story →Founder Files
They Built It in 1947. It Is Still Standing.
Inside the decisions, pivots, and breakthroughs of Black beauty founders.
Read story →Culture
Black Beauty Is a $9 Billion Market. Black-Owned Brands Have Never Held More of It.
Beauty as a lens on identity, music, media, and what the culture is building.
Read story →Latest Filed
They Built It in 1947. It Is Still Standing.
Bronner Brothers, Luster Products, Fashion Fair, Black Opal -- the oldest Black beauty companies still in existence, and what it took to survive.
2026-06-14Cecred Is at Ulta. Six Months In, Beyonce's Hair Brand Is Proving Everyone Wrong.
When Cecred launched on February 20, 2024, the skeptics were loud. Then two million people bought in.
2024-08-15Black Beauty Is a $9 Billion Market. Black-Owned Brands Have Never Held More of It.
The numbers are better than they were. They are not good enough. A look at where ownership in beauty stands -- and what still needs to change.
2023-11-15
Beatrice Dixon Trusted a Dream. The Honey Pot Company Was the Result.
The founder of The Honey Pot Company on plant-based feminine care, the Super Bowl, and building something that could not be ignored.
2023-09-05
Shontay Lundy Did Not Build Black Girl Sunscreen to Prove a Point. She Built It Because No One Else Would.
The founder of Black Girl Sunscreen on identifying a gap, building a product, and refusing to wait for the industry to catch up.
2023-07-12Why Every Major Beauty Conglomerate Wants a Black Brand Now. The Business Behind the Acquisitions.
P&G, Unilever, L'Oreal, and Compass Diversified have all acquired Black-founded beauty brands in the last decade. Here is what they saw that they missed for so long.
2023-06-20
Exits & IPOs
The Honey Pot Company Acquired for $380 Million. What Beatrice Dixon Built.
Compass Diversified's acquisition of The Honey Pot Company closed in 2023 and valued the Black woman-founded feminine care brand at $380 million.
Mielle Organics Sold to Procter & Gamble. Monique Rodriguez Stays CEO.
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P&G Acquires Walker & Company. Tristan Walker Built the Exit He Designed.
Sundial Brands Sold to Unilever. The SheaMoisture Question.
L'Oréal Acquires Carol's Daughter. The Acquisition That Started the Conversation.
Beyond Beauty
Black ownership doesn't stop at beauty. Fashion, restaurants, music, finance, hospitality -- the same founders, the same conviction, a much bigger canvas.
Kwame Onwuachi Just Put a Black Chef on the Las Vegas Strip. That Has Never Happened Before.
Maroon opened at SAHARA Las Vegas in April 2026 -- an Afro-Caribbean steakhouse named for enslaved Africans who escaped British colonialism. The Strip has never seen anything like it.
OneUnited Bank Has Been the Largest Black-Owned Bank in America for Decades. Here Is Why That Still Matters.
While fintech startups come and go, OneUnited has quietly built $650 million in assets and the first Black-owned digital bank. The institution is the infrastructure that everything else depends on.
Sheila Johnson Built Seven Forbes Five-Star Hotels. She Is Not Done.
The Salamander Collection is one of the most decorated luxury hotel groups in America. Its founder is the first Black woman billionaire in the United States. The industry still does not talk about her enough.
Aurora James Built a Shoe Brand. Then She Built the Infrastructure Around It.
Gregory Gourdet Won James Beard's Best New Restaurant With Haitian Food. Read That Again.
Telfar Clemens Did Not Build a Luxury Brand. He Built a Movement That Happens to Make Bags.
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