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UpwardAction Salutes Sheldon Gilbert

Proclivity Media Founder and CEO, Sheldon Gilbert has created an innovative approach for using consumer data to maximize advertising. He took a market need that was not being met and rocked it! From Yale to Some Self-Education Mr. Gilbert taught himself how to program and used his skills…

UpwardAction Salutes Publishing Legend John H. Johnson

"When I see a barrier, I cry and I curse, and then I get a ladder and climb over it." ~John H. Johnson This attitude of determination served the founder of Johnson Publishing Company well throughout his life. Mr. John H. Johnson is a media mogul who spent his life…

UpwardAction Salutes R. Donahue Peebles

Roy Donahue “Don” Peebles is a real-estate entrepreneur, author and political activist. He was born on March 2, 1960 to a teen-aged, working class mother as her only son. Mr. Peebles was a smart and savvy teen who worked and networked his way to becoming one of the country's wealthiest…

UpwardAction Salutes Travers J. Bell, Jr.

Travers J. Bell, Jr. was born in 1946 and grew up in the Ida B. Wells public housing project on the south side of Chicago. He set a goal of owning an investment bank and he made it happen. Mr. Bell began his career as a messenger in the Chicago…