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Black Enterprise

Black Enterprise
Editor-in-ChiefDerek T. Dingle
FrequencyBimonthly
PublisherEarl G. Graves Sr.
Total circulation
(2013)
534,752[1]
First issue1970
CompanyEarl G. Graves Publishing Company, Inc.
CountryUnited States
Based inNew York City
Websiteblackenterprise.com
ISSN0006-4165

Black Enterprise (stylized in all caps) is an American multimedia company. A Black-owned business since the 1970s, its flagship product Black Enterprise magazine has covered African American businesses with a readership of 3.7 million.[2] The company was founded in 1970 by Earl G. Graves Sr. It publishes in print and digital, an annual listing of the largest African-American companies in the country, or "B.E. 100s", first compiled and published in 1973.[3][4] In 2002 the magazine launched a supplement targeting teens, Teenpreneur.[5] Black Enterprise also has two nationally syndicated television shows, Our World with Black Enterprise and Women of Power.

  1. ^ "Alliance for Audited Media Snapshot Report – 6/30/2013". Alliance for Audited Media. June 30, 2013. Archived from the original on April 18, 2014. Retrieved February 2, 2014.
  2. ^ Enterprise, Black. "BLACK ENTERPRISE Announces The Most Powerful Women In Business". prnewswire.com (Press release). Archived from the original on 2023-06-11. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
  3. ^ Alfred Edmond, Jr, "Black Enterprise Publishes Rankings Of Nation’s Largest Black-Owned Businesses" Archived 2014-11-13 at the Wayback Machine, Black Enterprise, June 30, 2014.
  4. ^ Caryn Freeman, "Black Enterprise celebrates 40 years of listing America's largest black companies" Archived 2014-11-13 at the Wayback Machine, The Grio, May 25, 2012.
  5. ^ Rob Kaiser (September 25, 2002). "Teen business magazine debuts with parent publication". The Chicago Tribune. Retrieved August 3, 2015.

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