Black men entrepreneurs

If there are women who became successful in entrepreneurship, there are also those from the opposite sex who are equally doing well in the world of business. You may be familiar with these black men entrepreneurs:

Albert R. Grace
Albert R. Grace Jr., or Al for short, is a co-founder of Loop Capital Markets, today’s one of the fastest growing investment banking firms in the United States.

Before he co-founded Loop Capital Markets in 1997, he worked as the Vice President of Northern Trust Company. Formerly, he was the President and Chief Operating Officer of Selected Financial Services, a subsidiary of Kemper Corporation. Prior to these, he was a legal counsel to CIGNA Corporation, Kemper Financial Services, Inc., and American Express Financial Services, Inc. Apparently, Al’s years of experience in law, money management, and capital markets are key elements in his, as well as his company’s, success.

Al is a holder of many degrees. He received his JD from the University of Wisconsin Law School and his B.S. degree in History from the University of Wisconsin, La Crosse. He finished graduate studies at the University of Hartford and the University of Wisconsin Graduate School of Business. His licenses consist of Series 3, 6, 7, 24, 26, 27, 55 and 63.

Aubyn Hill
Aubyn Hill is the current Chief Executive Officer of Corporate Strategies Ltd., which is one of the biggest financial advisory firms in Jamaica.

After getting an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1978, there is no stopping Hill. He opened a branch of American Express International Banking in Sri Lanka back in 1980. Hill can take credit in the turnaround of two large banks namely the National Bank of Oman and the Burgan Bank in Kuwait. He headed the management team responsible for the turnaround of National Commercial Bank Limited (or NCB), one of the biggest banks in the Caribbean, in a span of two years. To give a better picture of his accomplishments, Hill managed to increase the net profit of NCB from $317million to $78.2billion within two years.

Considering all these, it is not surprising when the Minister of Finance appointed Hill for a three-year term as the Chairman of the National Investment Bank of Jamaica in July 2005.