Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Black Enterprise Interviews Herman J. Russell: The CEO Who Helped Reshape Atlanta’s Skyline

Herman J. Russell purchased his first property in 1946—a vacant lot where he later built a duplex. Over the years, he would acquire and develop numerous real estate projects in the Jim Crow South. He would also build a construction powerhouse that would consistently rank among the largest black-owned companies and reshape the Atlanta skyline.

In recognition of these and other achievements, BLACK ENTERPRISE awarded Russell the A.G. Gaston Lifetime Achievement Award in 1997. He has

More details here...

No comments:

Post a Comment