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Marvin Ellison

CTL-P-1145 · Person

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Combined Graph record U-03066 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-P-1145. Master record source: User-supplied list 2026-10-16 (Black Fortune 500 CEOs) — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.

Only African American to serve as chairman and CEO of two Fortune 500 companies (JCPenney, then Lowe's); born to sharecropper parents in rural Tennessee

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Only African American to serve as chairman and CEO of two Fortune 500 companies (JCPenney, then Lowe's); born to sharecropper parents in rural Tennessee

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Chairman, President and CEO of Lowe's (Feb 25, 2026 earnings coverage); the only African American to have served as chairman/CEO of two Fortune 500 companies

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