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Starting with $1,500 and a fax machine in 1978, Janice Bryant Howroyd built ActOne Group into a $3 billion workforce solutions enterprise spanning 19 countries — becoming the first African American woman to build and own a billion-dollar company.
Janice Bryant Howroyd founded ActOne Group in 1978 with $1,500 and a fax machine, building it into one of the largest privately held workforce solutions companies in the United States, with over $3 billion in annual revenue and operations in 19 countries.
The firm provides staffing, workforce management, and procurement services to many of the world's largest corporations. Howroyd was the first African American woman to build a billion-dollar company.
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