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Reginald Lewis

1942–1993

United States

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Reginald Francis Lewis (December 7, 1942 – January 19, 1993) was an American businessman. He was one of the richest Black American men in the 1980s, and the first African-American to build a billion-dollar company: TLC Beatrice International Holdings Inc. In 1993, Forbes listed Lewis among the 400 richest Americans, with a net worth estimated at $400 million.

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