BET Holdings IPO (1991)

CTL-E-3664 · Event · other · 1991

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BET Holdings goes public in 1991 - the first Black company traded on the New York Stock Exchange; Debra Lee was the driving force behind the deal.

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RELP82 new entity (2026-10-06). Name-collision check clean.

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Debra L. Lee — related to → this record

Sources

Essence - Debra Lee On Sharing Her Truths In New Memoir

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