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03/13/2026

Milan Harris, founder and CEO of apparel company Milano Di Rouge, joins Forbes senior writer Jabari Young on The Enterprise Zone at Nasdaq MarketSite. During the discussion, Harris updates the fashion line she started in 2012, which eclipsed sales of $100 million in 2024.

Watch the full interview to see how Harris built a $100 million fashion empire: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jabariyoung/2026/03/12/turning-dreams-into-reality-how-milan-harris-built-a-100-million-fashion-empire/?utm_campaign=ForbesMainFB&utm_source=ForbesMainFacebook&utm_medium=social

03/10/2026

Meet the woman running a $3.6 billion NBA franchise. Melanie Harris, President of Business Operations for the Detroit Pistons, joins Jabari Young on The Enterprise Zone.

During the discussion, Harris, who joined the team in 2024, shares how she is reimagining the Pistons, reflects on her time as an executive at Nike, growing up in New York, and offers advice to a new generation of women executives.

Watch the full interview: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jabariyoung/2026/03/10/the-woman-running-a-36-billion-nba-franchise-melanie-harriss-masterclass/?utm_campaign=ForbesMainFB&utm_source=ForbesMainFacebook&utm_medium=social

03/08/2026

A new partnership with the Journalism Program in the Cathy Hughes School of Communications at Howard University will send a journalism student to the Forbes newsroom, expanding a pipeline that has already brought 15 Forbes HBCU Scholars into the newsroom.

Howard–Forbes Journalism Partnership

03/05/2026

Dr. Laurence Morse graduated from Howard University and then earned his doctorate in economics from Princeton. Before cofounding Fairview, he worked as a labor economist and had stints at UNC Ventures and TSG Ventures.

Read more about him and the : Money Masters:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jabariyoung/2026/02/20/forbesblk-50-money-masters/?utm_campaign=ForbesMainFB&utm_source=ForbesMainFacebook&utm_medium=social

03/05/2026

JoAnn Price cofounded Fairview Capital Partners in 1994 and has grown it into one of the largest minority-owned venture capital and private equity firms in the world.

Read more about her and the : Money Masters:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jabariyoung/2026/02/20/forbesblk-50-money-masters/?utm_campaign=ForbesMainFB&utm_source=ForbesMainFacebook&utm_medium=social

02/23/2026

A call from her grandfather’s Alabama farm sparked Jewel Burks Solomon’s tech career.

She went on to found Partpic—acquired by Amazon in 2016—and now co-leads Collab Capital, backing underrepresented founders building the next wave of companies.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jabariyoung/2026/02/20/forbesblk-50-money-masters/?utm_campaign=ForbesMainFB&utm_source=ForbesMainFacebook&utm_medium=social

02/23/2026

In 2000, Robert F. Smith founded Vista Equity Partners, the largest Black-owned private equity firm in the United States, currently with roughly $100 billion in assets.

See the full : Money Masters list:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jabariyoung/2026/02/20/forbesblk-50-money-masters/?utm_campaign=ForbesMainFB&utm_source=ForbesMainFacebook&utm_medium=social

02/23/2026

Levoyd Robinson grew up in Chicago, the son of a nurse and a plumber. He attended Howard University, where he discovered his interest in finance, thanks in part to his mentor, Wesley Queen, a professor and former director of the Center for Banking Education.

See the full : Money Masters list: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jabariyoung/2026/02/20/forbesblk-50-money-masters/?utm_campaign=ForbesMainFB&utm_source=ForbesMainFacebook&utm_medium=social

02/23/2026

Stacy Brown-Philpot grew up in Detroit and has built her career in technology, leadership, and helping others access capital.

See the full : Money Masters list: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jabariyoung/2026/02/20/forbesblk-50-money-masters/?utm_campaign=ForbesMainFB&utm_source=ForbesMainFacebook&utm_medium=social