Editor-in-Chief | Derek T. Dingle |
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Frequency | Monthly |
Publisher | Earl G. Graves, Sr. |
Total circulation (2013) |
534,752 |
First issue | 1970 |
Company | Earl G. Graves Publishing Company, Inc. |
Country | United States |
Based in | New York City |
Website | www |
ISSN | 0006-4165 |
Black Enterprise is a monthly U.S. magazine that describes itself as "the premier business, investing, and wealth-building resource for African Americans." Since the 1970s, the magazine has been the most popular publication devoted to African-American businesses. It reports a readership of 3.7 million. It was founded in 1970 by Earl G. Graves, Sr. The publication is known for its annual listing of the largest African-American firms in the country, or "B.E. 100's", first compiled and published in 1973. In 2002 the magazine launched a supplement targeting teens, Teenpreneur.
Writers for Black Enterprise include Judith Jamison, Ashanti White, and Alfred A. Edmond, Jr.