Black Billionaires
STRONG EVIDENCE evidence grade — master store (canonical CSV)
Combined Graph record U-03015 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-L-0044. Master record source: User-supplied list 2026-10-16 (UrbanGeekz/Forbes figures) — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
Black American billionaires with net worth and source of wealth as published; figures as of the source list, c. 2024-2025
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Black American billionaires with net worth and source of wealth as published; figures as of the source list, c. 2024-2025
Referenced by
- Adebayo Ogunlesi — appears on → this record
- Alexander Karp — appears on → this record
- David Steward — appears on → this record
- Herriot Tabuteau — appears on → this record
- Jay-Z — appears on → this record
- LeBron James — appears on → this record
- Magic Johnson — appears on → this record
- Michael Jordan — appears on → this record
- Oprah Winfrey — appears on → this record
- Robert F. Smith — appears on → this record
- Sheila Johnson — appears on → this record
- Tiger Woods — appears on → this record
- Tope Awotona — appears on → this record
- Tyler Perry — appears on → this record
Sources
- https://urbangeekz.com/2025/04/american-black-billionaires-forbes-2025-list/ (verification source · master store)
Evidence note (master store)
Forbes 2025 World's Billionaires list (published 2025-04-02, republished by UrbanGeekz): 14 US Black billionaires enumerated; every member's identity, company affiliation and net-worth figure checked against the list in this sweep
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