Sheila Johnson has a net worth of $1 billion. She is the Chief Executive Officer of Salamander Hotel and Resorts.
Sheila Johnson was the co-founder of cable TV channel known as Black Entertainment Network back in 1979. The cable TV was acquired for $3 billion.
In 2002, she divorced her husband and sold her shares and started investing in hotels in Virginia and Florida. She has also invested in horses and real estate properties.
Sheila Johnson owns stakes in Monumental Sports & Entertainment, Washington Mystics, Wizards, Capitals.
Sheila Johnson attended an all-white school in 1950s Kentucky before desegregation was mandated.
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