Janice Bryant Howroyd
As the first black woman to own and operate a company that generates more than $1 billion in revenue, Janice Bryant Howroyd’s company Act-1 Group came in at No. 2 on Black Enterprise’s 2014 industrial/service ranking list, grossing in $2.3 billion in 2013.
With loads of tips for how she grew her business to be the success that it is today, Howroyd served as a keynote speaker at BE’s 2012 Entrepreneur’s Conference in Chicago.