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Deep Dive with Sheila Johnson on Walking Through Fire
Season 1 · Episode 259

Deep Dive with Sheila Johnson on Walking Through Fire

Media Pioneer on Resilience and Reinvention

Kelly Corrigan Wonders · Kelly Corrigan

August 26, 202554m 40s

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Show Notes

Sheila Johnson, co-founder of BET and the first African American woman to become a billionaire, sat down with Kelly at the Aspen Ideas Festival to talk about the power of rebuilding after devastation. From scrubbing floors to help her family get by after her father walked out, to being fired from her own company by her husband during a brutal divorce, Sheila reveals how she transformed repeated setbacks into stepping stones toward success and ultimately created a thriving hospitality business while discovering true love in her third act. Sheila's book is Walk Through Fire: A Memoir of Love, Loss and Triumph.



Recorded at the Aspen Ideas Festival (June 2024).




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