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Debra L. Lee is Chairman Emeritus of BET Holdings, Inc. (BET), a media and entertainment company targeted to African Americans. She is the highest ranking African-American woman at BET's parent company Viacom, Inc. Prior to her appointment as COO in March 1996, Lee served as the network’s executive vice president of strategic business development.
During her tenure at BET, Lee has played some of the most pivotal roles in the company’s history, including executive vice president and general counsel of BET's legal affairs department; corporate secretary; and president and publisher of BET's publishing division. As a network, BET was the first of its kind in television history.
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The First African American Woman to Own a One Billion Dollar Brand
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