John H. Johnson Biography
Chairman and publisher, Johnson Publishing Company
Nationality: American.
Born: January 18, 1918, in Arkansas City, Arkansas.
Education: Attended University of Chicago, 1936; attended Northwestern University.
Family: Son of Leroy Johnson (sawmill worker and laborer) and Gertrude Johnson Williams (domestic); married Eunice Walker; children: two.
Career: Supreme Liberty Life Insurance Company, 1936–, began as office assistant, became chairman and CEO, 1974–; Johnson Publishing Company, 1942–2002, CEO; 1942–, chairman and publisher.
Awards: NAACP, Spingarn Medal, 1966; named to Forbes list...
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