Johnson licensed by Nevada Gaming Commission. (Robert L. Johnson the CEO of BET Holdings Inc now has gambling license as a director in the Hilton Hotels Corp.)(Brief Article)

Jet | May 19, 1997 | Copyright

Robert L. Johnson, CEO and chairman of BET Holdings, Inc., the parent company of Black Entertainment Television (BET), recently announced that the Nevada Gaming Commission has found him suitable to hold a gaming license as a director in the Hilton Hotels Corporation.

Johnson is now the first Black to be approved by Nevada as a director of a major public corporation. Public corporations account for approximately 75 percent of Nevada's gaming industry.

Last November, BET Holdings and ...

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