- Robert L. Johnson
- Burrell Communications Group
- Don Barden
- Barden Companies
- Johnson Publishing Co.
- A.G. Gaston
- John H. Johnson
- Percy Sutton
- Berry Gordy
- The Bartech Group
- Motown
- Black Enterprise Entrepreneurs Conference
- A.G. Gaston Lifetime Achievement Award
- Rev. Jesse Jackson
- William G. Mays
- Liberty Bank & Trust
- Herman J. Russell
- Clarence Smith
- Inner City Broadcasting
- Brown Capital Management
- The RLJ Companies
- Eddie Brown
- Jesse Hill Jr.
- Afro Sheen
- Ultra Sheen
- Johnson Products Co.
- Byron Lewis
- George Johnson
- Soul Train
- C.H. James Co.
- Essence Communications Inc.
- Thomas J. Burrell
- H.J. Russell & Co.. Edward Lewis
- Comer J. Cottrell
- Pro-Line Corporation
- Joan Johnson
- John Barfield
- Clarence Avant
- Alden McDonald
- Andrew Brimmer
- Brimmer & Co.
- C.H. James II
- Mays Chemiical Co.
- Uniworld Group Inc.