Reginald F. Lewis: The First African American to Own a Billion-Dollar Company

Reginald Lewis with key players in the Beatrice deal team. Image Credit

When we talk about trailblazers in business, few stories are as powerful — or as under-told — as that of Reginald F. Lewis so let me tell you his story…

Born 7th December 1942 in Baltimore, Maryland, Reginald was the first person to get into Harvard Law School without formally applyin…