Loida Nicolas Lewis (Global FWN100™ '13) and husband, business mogul Reginald F. Lewis
December 1, 2017 marks the 30th Anniversary of the Deal by Titan Reginald F. Lewis. With $985 million - the largest leveraged buyout in America - Mogul Lewis became the 1st African American billion dealmaker. His company Beatrice International Foods made the Fortune 500 list. He was a genius freedom fighter and a wonderful family man, owned the first black firm on Wall Street, & the first ever to be accepted at Harvard Law School without applying.
After Lewis' passing in 1993, his wife, philanthropist and lawyer Loida Nicolas Lewis (Global FWN100™ '13) was elected to assume the position of Chair and CEO of TLC Beatrice International Holdings Inc.
Cong. Elijah Cummings speaks about the Billion Dollar Deal Reginald F Lewis closed 30 years ago on December 1st on C-Span, 9am - 10am, December 1st 2017.