Washington Watch: Sheila Johnson On The Sale Of BET, Building Wealth, Job Creation
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- Опубликовано: 21 май 2012
- Roland Martin talks with Sheila Johnson the first African-American female billionaire about the sale of BET, building wealth, job creation, Innisbrook Golf Resort and navigating the recession.
She inspires me to be and do the best I can, always.
I find it crazy how there are so many fellow billionaires on this post advising Ms Johnson how she should have invested her money. You think she messed up for selling BET yet she now employs more African Americans than she did at BET. What is WRONG with people. Watch, learn and do it your way or her way just do something and stop complaining about people who have made a real difference in this world by going against stupid stereotypes and statistics!
Monique well said, thank you.
The thing is BET was a medium by which OUR voice was heard and recognized!! Did they really need the money?! On BET we had the nightly news coverage by black people, we had TEEN SUMMIT, which portray positive black youth and we also had TAVIS SMILEY show and others, that essentially was removed when VIACOM bought the station! Okay?!! The fact is, we have no real voice any more in this country!! We rely on news corporations such FOX, NBC, CBS and others to feed us news bits that essentially tell our story the way THEY want you to see it! That was what I personally was upset about! Not to mention earlier that year when Bob Johnson sold BET, he was on C-SPAN basically bragging about the fact that he was proud to have BET and that voice for the black community! I remember it well! Now, he has sold the company, his wife divorced him and took half of the money, and now she has bought a resort hiring a few black people!! WOW! We still don't have a medium by which we can accurately get our story told, but having yet again, to rely up these other stations for the misinformation!! This is what Bill Cosby was so desperately trying to do, in an attempt to purchase NBC, because he knew it represents real power!! A resort is nice, but I mean, really?!!! We gotta do better than that y'all!! As they say, you can't take it with you!!
@@jerometaylor4243 she left him cause he cheated, she did right and half of the money belong to her as well cause she was 50%owner of bet.
So what you talking about?
I agree💯%
Most beautiful aspect of this segment was how she articulated her words and how intelligent she is!
I wish more black women would shop like this. You can tell that she doesn't care what other people think.
bare in mind that America is sustaining because of Africa's natural resources.
0Moreno0 that’s true. And it looks like China/Russia is about to attempt a *HUGE* correction right now.
Especially with Britain and France, which is about to be cut off from the African honeypot 🍯
This was an excellent interview. Thanks.
Majority of blacks are not job creators in this country, they are looking for a job or unemployed or going to get a degree and work for someone else. The wealthiest individuals on planet earth are business owners nobody can fire them.
Thank you for this video report.
Roland is an interviewer after my heart. His question-asking skills are bananas. He knows how to get the goods without causing grief.
Within the first minute I lost it a bit. I am not even mad they took they money because it is about business, make your wealth. However where is the creation of serious economic infrastructure. Hospitality and entertainment is fine but we have our footprint here already. Where is our strengthening of our banks, food, distribution, and health centers. She mentioned banks. We only have about 21 black owned banks/credit unions and most are in GA and AL.
@ Stanley What State Do U Reside GA Or Alabama ?😊
This was an interesting video, we do need the promo vo-tech programs in the high schools and neighborhoods
Love it
Awesome sheila ⚘💖❤🎶🎸🙂you are awesome women power much love sending lots of 💖❤💕💞🎶🎸to you 🙂
She had a heart she will always be lv top.
High Royal Blessings🖤💙💛❤💓💚💜
Open schools then. You and your friends have all the money. Invest in schools, hire the right teachers, and create the curriculum you desire. I keep hearing the same statement from these wealthy individuals about vo-tech classes. Why don't they use their assets to change it.
Congrats Sheila Johnson at the end of the day it's about business, people posting negative comments , if someone put a multi billion deal in front of your face you would probably sell it too hypocritical people.
And you know it!
With the quickness. They did BET justice during their time. Let her live and do what her heart desires.
She is super savvy.
VERY INTERESTING! A BUSINESSWOMAN! MORE THAN JUST A TROPHY WIFE!
Are her employee's earning no less than a 'living wage' ($15hr)?
No not paying 15 but pay not bad but u get all benefits so it evens out
Same low pay as BET. Hospitality doesn't pay well.
Her employees that are black work in the service jobs but her executive team is all white
wouldnt be surprised if they weren't. black capitalism very frequently only benefits the black CEOs and business owners on top, while the impoverished/lower class black ppl are basically under the same conditions as they where under white business owners
what they should have done was start another channel we cant afford to lose a media outlet
@kbnice23: When someone purchases a company from you, one of the contract provisions is a non-compete agreement that last up to about five years.
EXACTLY !!!😭😭😭
Go to African American Homeland.....yahoo search
You Go Girl... even though your Ex pissed me off during the last election... hhahahaha
It's easier to believe that a rocket can help you travel to another planet faster then two close finger tips !
Dr. Umar Johnson
But have you ever dealt with Africans in terms of commerce? The level of open corruption (particularly in Nigeria & Ghana) makes US payola, mafia, and any governmental corruption we've ever experienced in the States look like Romper Room. With all due respect I believe Mrs Johnson (and any other of us Americans) would be chewed up and spit out like yesterday's potted meat trying to do business there...with the exception to football/soccer, that is.
im sorry but they are dummies for this. yes it was an asset but it was also a media outlet that effects millions of people that watch it and you put that in the hands of people that definitely dont have our best intrests at heart. everything aint about money
This lady has made the worst invest decisions that I could think of for a person with such wealth. Her estimated wealth at the beginning of the sale of BET was 1.5 billion and now her wealth is estimated at 400 million according to Forbes magazines.Why is she buying WNBA teams and hotels in small markets like Tampa??If she was smart she would have invested her dollars in Africa which is rapidly growing economically and the returns are high for investors and bought an EPL Soccer club. Crazy!
Yeah who knew years later that the WNBA is nothing more than a subsidized SJW project that can’t even fill a stadium during championship time.
*_Title IX,_* eat your heart out!🤣
@@willia3r If only you knew what a Stadium is. Stadium is for football and soccer. Arena is for basketball. And they have fill up with Championship time. You dont pay attention. Same time WNBA is still young. Just like how the NBA was back in the 60s-70s
@@mistanderson a distinction without difference, boss.
The main point still holds.