John H. Johnson Quotes
You spend so much time in your profession it ought to be something you love.
Citations
Johnson, John H., and Lerone Bennett. Succeeding Against the Odds: The Autobiography of a Great American Businessman. Warner Books, 1989.
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John Harold Johnson was an American businessman and publisher. Johnson was the founder of the Johnson Publishing Company, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Johnson's Ebony (1945) and Jet (1951) magazines were among the most influential African-American businesses in media beginning in the second half of the twentieth century. In 1982, Johnson became the first African American to appear on the Forbes 400. In 1987, Johnson was named Black Enterprise Entrepreneur of the year.