- Earl G. Graves Sr., Founder Of Black Enterprise Magazine, Dies At 85

- Earl G. Graves Sr., Founder Of Black Enterprise Magazine, Dies At 85

Earl G. Graves, Sr. , who championed the intersection of Black people, the business world and personal finance on his way to founding the seminal Black Enterprise magazine and growing it into a bonafide multi-media conglomerate, died Monday night at the age of 85. The announcement was made by Black Enterprise, which reported that Graves’ death came “after a long battle with Alzheimer’ Aside from his success with Black Enterprise, Graves was also a successful businessman in other arenas including as the