Sheila Crump Johnson was born on January 25,1949 and is an American businesswoman, co-founder of BET, CEO of Salamander Hotels and Resorts, and the first billionaire African-American woman.
15 Facts About Sheila Johnson
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On May 24,2005, Washington Sports and Entertainment Chairman, Abe Pollin, sold the Mystics to Lincoln Holdings LLC, where Sheila Johnson served as president.
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Sheila Johnson is the first African-American woman to be an owner or partner in three professional sports franchises: the Washington Capitals, the Washington Wizards, and the Washington Mystics.
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Sheila Johnson is CEO of Salamander Hospitality, a company she founded in 2005.
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Sheila Johnson was born on January 25,1949 in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, the daughter of a neurosurgeon father who worked for the Veterans Administration, and an accountant mother.
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Sheila Johnson is a Global Ambassador for CARE, a humanitarian organization fighting global poverty.
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Sheila Johnson's I Am Powerful Challenge raised over $8 million in 2007.
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Sheila Johnson serves as Chair of the Board of Governors of Parsons The New School for Design in New York and funded the opening of the Sheila C Johnson Design Center, combining classrooms, public program spaces and galleries.
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Sheila Johnson sits on the boards of VH1's Save the Music Foundation, Americans for the Arts, the Curry School of Education Foundation at the University of Virginia, and the University of Illinois Foundation.
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Sheila Johnson is the Ambassador for the Healthy Site Institute, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and a member of Sigma Alpha Iota music fraternity.
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Sheila Johnson served as sole executive producer on her second film, A Powerful Noise, which premiered at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival in New York.
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In 2007 Sheila Johnson was honored as one of the Library of Virginia's "Virginia Women in History" for her career and her contributions to society.
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Sheila Johnson is a Democrat, although in 2009 she endorsed Republican Virginia gubernatorial candidate Bob McDonnell.
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In early October 2009, Sheila Johnson mocked the stutter of Democratic gubernatorial candidate Creigh Deeds at a rally for McDonnell's campaign.
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In 2018, Sheila Johnson received the Lincoln Medal which is given by Ford's Theatre Society to those who, through their body of work, accomplishments or personal attributes, exemplify the lasting legacy and mettle of character embodied by Abraham Lincoln.