Many Black professionals found in corporate business structures are often times unrealistically impeded from assuming higher positions of companies in the United States, thereby having a stunted career growth. However, for Fortune 500 companies, less than 1% of CEOs are Black with only 3% of Black professionals holding executive and senior manager level roles.
This alarming impugn on Black professionals has been brought onto stage of awareness, and which has in turn elevated even more with the current protests over racial inequality and social injustice from police brutality which is the recent discourse of racism. One advertising executive wants to change that by creating a new platform with the mission of creating 1 million new Black millionaires.
Brian Lee is a seasoned executive that has worked over the horizons of advertising campaigns from major brands like Microsoft, Verizon, and many more.
Growing from a humble background, his own struggles climbing up the corporate ladder was the inspiration behind the creation of his own platform called ‘Black Health and a Wealth’, an outlet that helps to guide Black professionals through the page of corporate America, a venture into entrepreneurship. Lee’s main goal is to create one million Black millionaires, creating a new Black Wall Street for our modern society.
According to We Buy Black, Lee plans to roll out his action plan through a series of phases. Under phase one, Lee will be providing education and professional development to professionals within the network dedicated to helping them navigate through corporate settings in addition to resources for those looking to create their own company. In phase two, the company will introduce a Black business network to centralize all Black businesses to an easy-to-access network in addition to new initiatives to hold companies accountable for their diversity policies.
Lee is rather optimistic that the current movement of uplifting Black businesses and the celebration of holidays like Juneteenth will inspire others in the community to become a part of the network to continue to help Black business owners and professionals to thrive.
