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BLACK ENTERPRISE Magazine Unveils Its 2007
Hot List: America's Most Powerful Players Under 40
December issue hits newsstands with five
exclusive, consecutive covers: LeBron James, Chris Brown and Kirk
Franklin, Queen Latifah, Wyclef Jean and John Legend, and Venus
Williams
For the very first time, BE hits
newsstands with five exclusive, consecutive covers, a first in the
magazine's 37-year history. The groundbreaking covers feature NBA
superstar LeBron James, Pop/R&B phenomenon Chris Brown with
gospel powerhouse Kirk Franklin, hip-hop star/entrepreneur Queen
Latifah, platinum chart-toppers Wyclef Jean and John Legend, and
tennis ace turned fashionista Venus Williams.
The BE Hot List is comprised of ultimate
achievers under the age of 40 in media, music, entertainment, and
sports. "These celebrities have shrewdly leveraged their fame to
build multimillion-dollar empires that will sustain them beyond
their careers in sports and entertainment," says be Editor-at-
Large Carolyn Brown. "Plus, this year's list goes outside the box
to include business executives, top-ranked money managers, and
medical researchers whose impact on our world is undeniable."
The 2007 HOT LIST: America's Most
Powerful Players Under 40:
DeAnna Allen, 39, Partner, Dickstein
Shapiro L.L.P.
Tyra Banks, 34, TV Producer, Bankable
Productions
Mary J. Blige, 36, Singer
Chris Brown, 18, Singer, Actor
Nana Boateng, 30, Designer
Kawanna Brown, 34, Chief Operating
Officer, Magic Johnson Cos.
Nick Cannon, 27, Actor, TV Producer
Edwidge Danticat, 38, Author, Brother I'm
Dying
Adrian M. Fenty, 37, Mayor, District of
Columbia
Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter, 37, Rapper,
President & CEO, Def Jam
Susan Chapman, 39, Global Head of
Operations, Citi Realty Services
Sean "Diddy" Combs, 37, Rapper, CEO,
Music/TV Producer, Bad Boy Worldwide
Entertainment Group
T. Troy Dixon, 36, Managing Director,
Deutsche Bank Securities
Rosalyn Durant, 31, Vice President,
Programming & Acquisitions, ESPN
Chinedu U. Echeruo, 34, Founder, CEO,
Hopstop.com
Lisa Ellis, 37, Executive Vice President,
Sony Music Label Group
Kirk Franklin, 37, Singer
Amy Ellis-Simon, 35, Managing Director,
Head, Multiproduct Sales &
Emerging Client Coverage, Merrill
Lynch
Njema Frazier, 37, Physicist, National
Nuclear Security Administration
Sean "The Pen" Garrett, 29, Songwriter,
Music Producer
Magnus Greaves, 33, Founder, Doubledown
Media
Richard C. Gay, 39, Senior Vice President,
Strategy & Business Operations,
VH1 & CMT
Tracy Green, 36, Associate Executive
Director, Finance Department,
Bellevue Hospital Center
Thierry Henry, 30, Professional
Athlete
Floyd Nathaniel "Danja" Hills, 26, Music
Producer
Lewis Hamilton, 22, Professional Athlete,
Formula One race driver
Mellody Hobson, 38, President, Ariel
Capital Management L.L.C.
Barrington Irving, 24, Aviator
Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, 32, Rapper
Paulianda Jones, M.D., 28, Postdoctoral
Research Fellow, Vanderbilt
University School of Medicine
Alicia Keys, 26, Singer, Songwriter,
Actress
Melanie Kinchen, M.D., 38, Medical
Director, Orthopaedic Surgeon,
Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital Spine
Center
Ronald Holt, Jr., 39, President & CEO,
Hansberger Global Investors Inc.
Charles King, 38, Senior Vice President,
Agent, William Morris Agency
Beyonce Knowles, 26, Singer, Actress
Kimora Lee Simmons, 32, Creative Director,
Phat Fashions L.L.C.
Phil Ivey, 31, Professional Poker
Player
Kevin Liles, 39, Executive Vice President,
Warner Music Group
Treena Livingston Arinzeh, 37, Biomedical
Engineer, New Jersey Institute
of Technology
Vanessa Morrison, 38, President, Twentieth
Century Fox Animation
LeBron James, 22, Professional Athlete,
Cleveland Cavaliers
Tim "Timbaland" Mosley, 36, Music
Producer
Andrea Nelson Meigs, 39, Talent Agent,
International Creative Management
Wyclef Jean, 35, Rapper, Music
Producer
Will Packer, 33, and Rob Hardy, 35, Film
Producers; Director, Rainforest
Films
Steve Pamon, 37, Senior Vice President,
Digital Distribution & Strategic
Partnerships, Home Box Office
Brian Parker, 32, Vice President of
Emerging Markets & New Business
Development, Choice Hotels
International
Tyler Perry, 38, Playwright, Actor,
Screenwriter, CEO, Tyler Perry Studios
John Legend, 29, Singer
Dana "Queen Latifah" Owens, 37, Singer,
Actress
Lisa Pickrum, 37, Executive Vice
President, Chief Operating Officer, RLJ
Cos.
Usher Raymond IV, 29, Singer, Actor
Shonda Rhimes, 37, TV Producer, Writer,
Director, Grey's Anatomy
Marcus Samuelsson, 37, Co-Owner,
Aquavit
Will Smith, 39, Actor, Film Producer
Window Snyder, 32, "Chief Security
Something or Other," Mozilla
Steve Stoute, 37, Founder, Chairman,
Translation Consultation & Brand
Imaging
LaDainian Tomlinson, 28, Professional
Athlete, San Diego Chargers
Kara Walker, 38, Artist, Kara Walker: My
Complement, My Enemy, My
Oppressor, My Love
Shane and Shawn Ward, 34, President &
Co-Founder; Creative Director & Co-
Founder, Detny footwear by
SHANE&SHAWN
Kanye West, 30, Music Producer, Rapper
Stevie Williams, 28, Professional Athlete,
Skateboarding
Venus Williams, 27, Professional Athlete,
Tennis
Kehinde Wiley, 30, Artist, Recognize! Hip
Hop and Contemporary Portraiture
Eldrick "Tiger" Woods, 32, Professional
Athlete, Golf
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