Person · 1929–
Berry Gordy
The songwriter and entrepreneur who founded Motown, the most successful Black-owned business of its era and the sound of young America.
A titan of [[black-business]] and [[black-music]].
With an $800 loan, Berry Gordy built Motown Records into a hit factory — the Supremes, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, the Jackson 5 — that crossed over to white audiences without losing its Black roots, and became a model of Black enterprise.