Black Wealth Summit – The Event You Shouldn’t Have Missed
Creating generational wealth for Black people was this year’s principle of the virtual Black Wealth Summit™ (BWS), which was held October 20 – 22. In keeping with that, BWS hosted a HBCU Business Case Competition opened to any Historically Black College and University. Student teams competed for up to $30K in prizes. The Application of Intent was due on Friday, September 24. Business case submissions were due by October 13. This Business Case Competition is a precursor to the Black Wealth Summit, created to offer every Black person access to the knowledge that can be used to build real generational wealth for their families and communities. BWS offers the exposure, learning and encouragement needed to make prosperity accessible to Black people. Registration for the inaugural October summit is now closed. The list of speakers for this virtual conference included John W. Rogers, Jr. Chairman, Co-CEO & Chief Investment Officer Ariel Investments; Paul Reilly, Chief Executive Offi