Reginald F. Lewis, a trailblazer in law and business, was born on this day in Baltimore, Maryland. He earned his law degree from Harvard Law School in 1968, later becoming a partner in Murphy, Thorpe & Lewis, the first Black law firm on Wall Street. In 1989, Lewis made history as Chairman and CEO of TLC Beatrice International Holdings Inc., the largest Black-owned and -managed business in the U.S. at the time, with revenues over $1.8 billion. He was one of the first African Americans to build a billion-dollar company.
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