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In the late 1970s Janice Bryant Howroyd moved to Los Angeles and began temping as a secretary. She soon realized there were many other young people in situations similar to hers. So with $1500 in her pocket Janice rented an office in Beverly Hills and created the staffing company ACT-1. Today ActOne Group is an international workforce management company making Janice Bryant Howroyd the first African-American woman to own a billion-dollar business. PLUS in our postscript 'How You Built That'

ActOne Group: Janice Bryant Howroyd

How I built this