Some built fortunes when it was illegal for them to do most things. Others run companies today that shape what millions of people watch, wear and eat. This spans more than a century, from women who built businesses under slavery and segregation to founders and executives operating now. The through-line is not an era or an industry but building something at a scale the surrounding society was actively arranged to prevent. Madam C.J. Walker Born to formerly enslaved parents in 1867, she built a haircare empire and is often cited as America’s first self-made female millionaire of any race. She

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