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Steve Babaeko is a Nigerian advertising and music executive, public advocate, founder of X3M Ideas, a Lagos-based digital advertising agency.

Sim Shagaya is a Nigerian media and technology entrepreneur.

Sangu Delle is an entrepreneur, investor and author. Delle is the Managing Director of Africa Health Holdings, an innovative company based in West Africa..

Shola Ajewole is the current Senior Vice President of Creative and Cultural Diversity at FX.

Sabaah Folayan is an filmmaker, activist, and award-winning storyteller who uses written.

Stephanie Wilson is an engineer and NASA astronaut. She was the second African-American woman.

Stephen is from Johannesburg, South Africa. He obtained his degree in Finance and worked in some of the large South African banks. In order to expand his career, Stephen went…

Think about hiring Jamie Oliver, Anthony Robbins and Dr. Andrew Weil in one tiny blonde power pack! Sherry Strong is and chef, nutritionist and dynamic lifestyle motivator. Sherry, formerly twice…

Shaun Tomson is a professional speaker, creative thinker, and best selling author. He is an environmentalist, businessman, successful entrepreneur and World Surfing Champion. He has delivered powerful presentations, inspiring and…

In April 2020, Sarah Copper went viral with her brilliant satirical lip-sync impressions of our current president. She has been retweeted and praised by the likes of Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben…

Serena Williams exemplifies courage, beauty, power and style, and has overcome insurmountable odds to win 23 career Grand Slams

Sara Sidner is CNN's multiple award-winning national and international correspondent.

Legendary sports icon, Olympic champion and Hall of Famer, philanthropist, bestselling author, television personality, ringside analyst and longtime face of Skechers’ popular Relaxed Fit collections, Sugar Ray Leonard has established…

One of basketball’s most talented, versatile and successful players, Scottie Pippen’s improbable journey to the NBA landed him in Chicago, where he and Michael Jordan teamed up to lead of…

With more than two decades of Wall Street experience, Sekou Kaalund has a proven track record of achieving revenue growth and developing highly profitable client relationships in start-up, turn around,…

Political leader, voting rights activist, entrepreneur, and three-time New York Times bestselling author of While Justice Sleeps, Our Time is Now, and Lead from the Outside, Stacey Abrams made history and captured the nation's…

Musician, Performer, Songwriter, Arranger, Music Producer, Music Supervisor, TV Producer, Actor, Director, Broadway Producer, TV and Film Composer, and Live Event Producer, International DJ, Activist, Historian, Teacher, member of the…

Few individuals ever become iconic enough to be known by one name—Shaq. A revered cultural icon, Shaquille O’Neal is best known for an NBA career spanning nearly two decades and earning…

Sanaa Lathan is an actor, director, producer, and activist, well-known for starring in such hit films as Love & Basketball, The Best Man and Best Man Holiday, Brown Sugar, Alien vs. Predator, and Nappily Ever…

Resilience. Resolute. Fighter. These are the words most often used to describe Richards-Ross, words that now serve as the foundation for a string of projects in the next chapter of…

Saqun Barkleoy, is a running back for the New York Giants of the National Football League. He played college football at Penn State for three seasons, running for 3,843 yards…

Steven Canals is the Emmy-nominated and Peabody Award-winning co-creator, executive producer, director, and writer of the FX drama series, POSE.

Shadille Estepan is a Communications and Outreach Associate for Born This Way Foundation. In this capacity, Shadille's responsibilities include supporting the Foundation's external communications efforts, serving as the in-house video…

Simone stars as Judge Lola Carmichael on the CBS series All Rise. She is one of the first black female leads in CBS network history. She stars opposite Anthony Mackie in…

Suzan-Lori Parks is a multi-award-winning American playwright and the first African-American woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize in Drama for her Broadway hit Topdog/Underdog.  Parks’ adaptation of The Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess won the…

Stacy Brown-Philpot has more than 15 years of consumer technology experience, leading the growth and scale of large and small enterprises in the digital economy. Stacy is a founding member…

Storm Reid is best known for starring as ‘Meg’ in Disney’s live action adaptation of the acclaimed children's novel, A Wrinkle in Time, which was directed by multi-award winner Ava DuVernay.

At the podium, Miss Sue takes audiences behind the scenes of The Blind Side, telling the story from her perspective as an educator and learning specialist. A believer that any…

Sam Sanders is a journalist and podcast host known for his coverage of news and culture. Sanders began his career at NPR, advancing from Kroc Fellow to field producer and…

You would think you were listening to a recording of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaking. Some even say Rev. Stephon Ferguson channels the spirit of Dr. King.  Among them…

Sterling K. Brown was born in St. Louis, Missouri, where he attended the prestigious St. Louis Country Day School. He then attended Stanford University, where he earned a B.A. in…

Susan Kelechi Watson is an actress best known for her work on the television shows Louie and This Is Us.

Stan Verrett, who joined ESPN as an anchor for ESPNEWS in September 2000, moved to the company’s new Los Angeles Production Facility in March 2009 to co-host the 1 a.m.…

Ambassador Susan E. Rice served President Barack Obama as National Security Advisor from July 1, 2013 to Jan. 20, 2017. In that role, she led the National Security Council Staff,…

Stephen Bardo is a motivational master. His experience on the basketball court and as a television analyst helped forge his fast-paced presentations that provide audiences with tools they can use…

Sylvester James Gates, Jr. is an American theoretical physicist known for his work on supersymmetry, supergravity, and superstring theory. The recipient of two B.S. degrees and a Ph.D. degree from…

Strive Masiyiwa One of Africa’s most influential businessmen and Zimbabwe’s first billionaire The founder of the global telecommunications firm, Econet Wireless. Masiyiwa, a cell phone pioneer, fought a landmark constitutional…

Shonda Rhimes is the prolific writer, executive producer and creator of the hit ABC series “Grey’s Anatomy,” and “Scandal.”  In addition to creating the “Grey’s Anatomy” spinoff series “Private Practice,”…

Sage Steele is one of ESPN’s most popular and respected commentators, currently serving as the lead host for SportsCenter on the Road and for the weekend editions of NBA Countdown,…

American singer, songwriter, musician, and producer, Stevland Morris AKA Stevie Wonder, is one of the most celebrated and prominent figures in popular music, who at the age of 13, was…

Sheryl Underwood is a savvy businesswoman, philanthropist and a multi-faceted, multi-media entrepreneur who is recognized as one of the most articulate, well informed women of our time. She is a…

Sybrina Fulton is dedicating her life to transforming family tragedy into social change. Since the death of her 17 year old son, Trayvon Martin, during the violent confrontation in 2012,…

Saul Williams, rapper, singer-songwriter, musician, poet, writer, and actor. He is known for his blend of poetry and alternative hip hop, and for his lead roles in the 1998 film…

Shawn Wayans is the second youngest of the 10 Wayans siblings, a close-knit family of actors, screenwriters and directors best known for comic spoofs such as "Don't Be a Menace…

After 27 years as the chief editor of Essence magazine and the visionary credited with building the brand, Susan L. Taylor left publishing to devote her life to building an…

Dr. Bertice Berry, talk show host and sociologist, along with Dr. Bernita Berry, professor of sociology, provide survival skills to people of color who live or work in a predominantly…

Inspired by her mother, Louise, who single-handedly raised four children, Sheryl Swoopes’ first basketball memory is “going to nationals with the Little Dribblers team when she was eight years old.”…

Shelby Steele is currently a senior research fellow at The Hoover Institution at Stanford University. He has a BA in political science, an MA in sociology and a Ph.D. in…

Born in the Bronx and raised in the projects, Sister Souljah is a fighter who came up from the bottom. A graduate of Rutgers University, she earned a degree in…

Born and raised by his mother and two sisters in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, New York, Sherrod Small is one of the top stand-up comics coming out of New…