Company Established

November 1942

Founder

John H. Johnson
1918-2005

President AND CEO

Linda Johnson Rice

Secretary/Treasurer
Producer-Director of EBONY Fashion Fair

Eunice W. Johnson

Magazines

EBONY - Monthly general interest magazine, founded November 1945
JET- Weekly newsmagazine, founded November 1951

Fashion Fair Cosmetics

The world's No. 1 line of makeup and skincare for women of color is sold in over 2,500 stores across the United States, Canada, Africa, England, France, Switzerland, the Bahamas, Bermuda and the Virgin Islands.

Television

The company is also involved in television production, including the network television special "Celebrating The Dream: 50 Years of EBONY."

Ebony Fashion Fair

The world's largest traveling fashion show has donated more than $51 million to charity since its inception in 1958.   Mrs. Eunice W. Johnson is producer and director.

The Book Division

The Book Division publishes books by African-American authors. Lerone Bennett Jr. is the premier author. Is his most recent title is Forced Into Glory: Abraham Lincoln's White Dream. Other recent titles include The New EBONY Cookbook by EBONY food editor Charlotte Lyons, and Special Moments in African-American History 1955-1996 The Photographs Of Moneta Sleet, Jr. EBONY Magazine's Pulitzer Prize Winner.