Dr. Bernard Harris Pays Homage To BLACK ENTERPRISE Founder, Earl Graves Sr. As He Receives The Icon Award
Source: Black Enterprise · Oct 23, 2026
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- 01Bernard Harris credits BLACK ENTERPRISE founder Earl Graves Sr. with inspiring him to launch a venture capital firm after his astronaut career.
- 02Founded in 1970, BLACK ENTERPRISE helped shape Harris’s focus on entrepreneurship, supporting Black businesses and passing wealth forward.
- 03Harris framed access to capital and wealth-building as essential to Black economic progress during his XCEL Summit award remarks.
- 04The article names no investment deals and provides no figures for Harris’s venture firm, funding or returns.
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Bernard HarrisBLACK ENTERPRISEEarl Graves Sr.Earl “Butch” Graves Jr.Valerie MosleyUniversity of Houston
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