Atlanta Can Lead the Drum Major Moment on AI
John Hope Bryant on why AI literacy is the next chapter of the civil rights movement, and why Atlanta, the city of Dr. King, is positioned to lead it.
October 1, 2026
John Hope Bryant on why AI literacy is the next chapter of the civil rights movement, and why Atlanta, the city of Dr. King, is positioned to lead it.
John Hope Bryant’s essay in the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s 50th anniversary journal makes the case that AI literacy is the next chapter of the civil rights movement.
At 19, Michael Ellison called the main line at Goldman Sachs with no contacts and no suit. Hear how the CodePath co-founder and CEO turned that call into a movement, and what he believes AI means for your job and your wealth.
“If You Don’t Quit, You Can’t Fail.” What My Friend, Partner and Business Mentor Taught Me About Capital, Patience and Opportunity That Lasts. A new episode of Money & Wealth with John Hope Bryant — Season 3, on the Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartRadio Most weeks on Money &
John Hope Bryant’s playbook for getting your household ready for a downturn: don’t panic, prepare, position and prosper.
PACE NEWS Editor-in-Chief Dr. Gloria Zuurveen was in the room at Baldwin Hills when John Hope Bryant brought Capitalism for All home to Los Angeles.
A Companion to the 2026 Operation HOPE Report Card A NOTE FROM OUR PRESIDENT & CFO Why We Publish This Our report card tells you what we believe we’ve built. This document tells you how to check our work. Every figure here comes from an independent source — Charity Navigator’s
Operation HOPE programs, impacts and outcomes report card September 2026
One Hundred Readers Capitalism For All just crossed 100 reader reviews on Amazon, holding a 4.7-star average and a Best Seller badge in its category. Let me be honest about what that number is and what it isn’t. It isn’t a sales figure. It isn’t a bestseller list — we
September 16, 2026 CIM Group and Bryant Group Ventures have expanded the investment capacity of their affordable housing fund to more than $370 million after securing a new capital commitment from Fifth Third Bank and increased commitments from existing investors Truist Bank and Flagstar Bank. The latest closing gives the
ATLANTA, Sept. 15, 2026 John Hope Bryant, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Operation HOPE, issued the following statement: “Fifty years ago, T.D. Jakes preached his first sermon to a room you could count. Fifty years later, the count is in the millions. What I have always admired about Bishop Jakes
Last Monday, I got back in the car. I hadn’t seriously driven my Radical RXC 600R in months. And after enough time away from something this demanding, doubt can begin to creep in. Am I still sharp? Do I still have it? Can I still do this at the level
PROOF OVER PROMISES The 2026 Operation HOPE “Silver Rights” Report Card A letter from the Founder, Chairman & CEO — and a public accounting of what free enterprise has built for the people it was built for. 4M+ SERVED $4.5B+ DIRECTED 1,500+ LOCATIONS 469K+ BLACK BUSINESSES HOPE GLOBAL FORUM •
A single mom in Atlanta bought a used Nissan Altima in 2018 for $21,000. Six years later, she had paid $38,000 on it, still owed $15,000, and the engine had just died. The car was worth about $5,000. That’s the story that opens this replay episode of Money & Wealth.
Twenty-five years ago this morning, 2,977 people went to work, boarded planes, or answered a call for help, and did not come home. They were traders and dishwashers, secretaries and window washers, priests and flight attendants, firefighters and police officers and paramedics who climbed toward the fire while everyone else
Two Nights, One City, and the People Who Made the Homecoming Possible Los Angeles raised me in ways this country will never fully understand until it reads the whole story — and some of the fullest chapters of that story are unfolding this week, right here, back home. Tonight and
Another milestone for the inclusive capitalism movement — this time, moving up. Capitalism for All: Inclusive Economics and the Future-Proofing of America, with Forwards by Ambassador Andrew J. Young, Michael Milken and Ed Bastian, jumped two spots to land at #7 on SUCCESS Magazine’s September Bestsellers list for Money —
A Tribute to King Harald V of Norway, and a Salute to My Friend and Brother, King Haakon VIII By John Hope Bryant Some friendships do not begin with fanfare. Mine with Haakon began in a conference room, and then an evening reception hall, in the earliest class of the
I learned of King Harald’s passing with real sadness. On behalf of Operation HOPE, I send our condolences to Queen Sonja, to King Haakon VIII and Queen Mette-Marit, and to the people of Norway. King Harald reigned for 35 years. He was a boy when the Nazis took his country,
On this episode of The Enterprise Zone, CEO of Operation HOPE John Hope Bryant sat down with Forbes to discuss financial literacy, economic sentiment, and his $1 billion affordable housing impact fund launched alongside CIM Group. Bryant is the CEO of Bryant Group Ventures and discussed his inclusion on Forbes’s
From a $40 candy business to a 400-person organization, John Hope Bryant breaks down what an entrepreneur really is.
I recorded a recent episode of Money and Wealth from Maui, in the middle of the night, with the Pacific Ocean in the background, and what struck me was the quiet. Not empty, not lonely. Simply quiet. It reminded me of an observation I made that went viral. Go into
She built wealth by owning what she made, then gave it away to people who looked nothing like her. That’s the whole lesson. The world lost Dolly Parton this week. She was 80. I want to send my condolences to her family, to the people of Sevier County, Tennessee, who
John Hope Bryant introduces Juanita AI, named for his mother, and explains what the AI economy means for your job.
YOU NEED TO KNOW MY FRIEND STRIVE MASIYIWA. This is one of those conversations. My friend Strive Masiyiwa is one of the great entrepreneurs and institution builders of our generation—and if you live in America, there’s a good chance you don’t know nearly enough about him. Every once in a
This was special. A totally unsolicited encouragement of the lessons in my newest bestselling book ‘Capitalism for All,’ from the organizers of a business conference, Ms. Delphine Bryant (no relationship to me) and her Visionaires Conference and Gala in Greater Atlanta. A special thank you to my friend Ash Cash
BRYANT JOURNAL Haiti’s Forgotten Sacrifice — and the 122-Year Bill It Was Handed for Winning By John Hope Bryant There is a story most Americans were never taught in school, and once you hear it, you will never look at a map of the United States quite the same way
A Bryant Journal piece I wrote Capitalism for All to make an argument, not to collect compliments. But somewhere around the fourth or fifth month of watching the reviews come in, I started noticing something I didn’t expect: readers were handing the argument back to me, in their own words,
Powered by Operation HOPE and HOPE AI. Inspired by my mother, Ms. Juanita Smith. A Bryant Journal piece My mother’s name was Juanita Murray Smith, and on August 6th, it went to work in a way I could never have imagined when I was a kid watching her rebuild her
A Bryant Journal Foundational piece Every book I’ve written has been an argument. This one is the argument — the one all the others were building toward, whether I knew it at the time or not. I wrote Capitalism for All because I believe America is standing at a decision
A Bryant Journal Foundational piece Two young people graduate in the same month. One walks across the stage at Harvard, degree in hand, surrounded by classmates whose parents run companies, foundations, law firms, sometimes entire countries. The other walks across the stage at the local community college, proud to be
A Bryant Journal Foundational piece In March of 1865, Abraham Lincoln signed a bill establishing the Freedman’s Bureau, and inside it, something I consider one of the most quietly radical acts in American economic history: the Freedman’s Bank. Frederick Douglass, one of my heroes, the most photographed human and the
A Bryant Journal Foundational piece If I handed a homeless man a million dollars today, I would bet against him having it in six months. If I handed a rich man with no knowledge in his head the same amount, I would bet against him keeping it for a generation.
A Bryant Journal Foundations piece Ask ten people to define poverty and nine of them will give you a number. A line on a government chart. An income threshold, adjusted for family size, updated once a year by people who have never had to live under it. I am not
A Bryant Journal Foundational piece On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks kept her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Everyone knows what came next in the history books: the boycott, Dr. King’s rise to leadership, the marches, the speeches, the laws that eventually followed. What most people don’t know
A Bryant Journal Foundational piece Every so often, a country has to stop and decide, out loud, who actually gets to belong to it. Not on paper. Not in theory. In practice — in bank accounts, in property deeds, in who gets to sit at the table where the decisions
Editorial Reviews Review “Capitalism for All is a call to reimagine our economy as a vehicle for justice, not just prosperity. It reminds us that when every person is granted access to opportunity and ownership, we move closer to the promise of a nation that truly works for all. This
This piece is inspired from my newest bestselling book ‘Capitalism for All.’ A Bryant Journal Foundations piece I have said the phrase “Third Way” in boardrooms. I have said it in congressional hearings. I have said it in church basements and community centers and, more recently, in a radio studio
On this episode of The Enterprise Zone, Founder and CEO of Bryant Group Ventures and Operation HOPE John Hope Bryant sat down with Forbes to discuss financial literacy, economic sentiment, and his $1 billion affordable housing impact fund launched alongside CIM Group (CIM-BGV Impact Ventures). Bryant is the CEO of
Inside the vision for HOPE Goodwill Ambassadors — and the movement they’re building, one community at a time I have spent more than three decades of my life trying to solve one problem: how do you make free enterprise and capitalism work for everybody, not just the people who were
The casino now lives in your pocket. John Hope Bryant on why the house always wins, and how to bet on yourself instead.
Why the next chapter of American capitalism has to be built on access, not just output Every few months, someone hands me the same set of numbers and asks me to be impressed. GDP is up. The market is at a record. Spending is resilient. And every few months, I
On Jannick Malling and the Future of Public Markets Companion piece to “The New Rules of Investing: AI, Capitalism & Wealth Creation” I met Jannick Malling in a green room. Neither of us knew the other. We both had handlers whose job, frankly, is to keep people like us from
On the Silver Rights Movement, and what a Walmart in the Inland Empire has to do with it Eastvale, California doesn’t look like a place where history gets made. It’s a young city — incorporated only in 2010 — built in the flatlands of the Inland Empire, an hour east
Most people aren’t angry at the rich. They’re angry at a system that feels rigged. John Hope Bryant makes the case for good capitalism.
John Hope Bryant Thanks the Community That Turned a Message Into a Movement Let me start with the number that stopped me in my tracks this week: 700,000. That’s how many of you now follow this journey on Instagram alone. And when my team added up every platform — Instagram,
John Hope Bryant and BG Ventures partner with CIM Group, raise more than $300 million in investment capital for affordable housing multi family
John Hope Bryant interview for Forbes 250 Greatest Living Self Made Americans
There’s a particular kind of gratitude that hits differently than the applause you’re standing in front of. A few nights ago, at the Visionaires Conference in Atlanta, the organizers did something I had no hand in, no advance knowledge of, and honestly, no idea was even being planned. They put
I could have handed this hour to a guest. I didn’t. Every so often there’s something I need to say to you myself directly, with no interpreter, no middleman. And this is one of those times. So, for this episode, I sat down alone, for a full hour, two parts,
Jeffrey Kass Jul 18, 2026 3 min read Bryant’s prescription for closing the racial wealth gap. I had the distinct pleasure of attending a talk by visionary entrepreneur and economic activist John Hope Bryant, and I left with one resounding takeaway: If Black people are going to close the racial wealth gap,
John Hope Bryant on CNBC with Brian Sullivan on new affordable housing legislation
John Hope Bryant appears on the Breakfast Club to discuss the new federal affordable housing legislation and how it will impact new homeowners
MONEY & WEALTH · SEASON 3 · EPISODE COMPANION What Kansas City Fed President Jeff Schmid taught me about money, trust, and the American Dream — in the 250th year of our nation John Hope Bryant and Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City President Jeff Schmid, Money & Wealth podcast
Coming Friday to Money & Wealth with John Hope Bryant, Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Operation HOPE When John Hope Bryant says he only brings someone onto Money & Wealth when two plus two can equal six, eight, or ten, he means it. This Friday, he sits down with a
When I say I only reach outside myself for the best of the best, I mean it. Today, that means a woman who moves through rooms in Abu Dhabi, Lagos, Mexico City, and Wall Street with the same quiet authority, and who, when she opens her mouth, nobody questions. Meet
John Hope Bryant, Oprah and Forbes 250 Greatest Living Self Made Americans celebration in Pa
In Philadelphia, at the birthplace of American democracy, the woman who started with nothing stood as America’s greatest self-made success story. That is not coincidence. That is proof. I have spent my life talking about the distance between poverty and possibility. I have argued — in boardrooms and on stages,
There is a stage inside Carnegie Hall — the Isaac Stern Auditorium, the Perelman Stage — where some of the greatest voices in American history have stood. On June 19, on Juneteenth, I stood on that stage too. Not as an entertainer. As an economic plumber, still trying to help
This Independence Day, the nation turns 250 years old. We will celebrate a country that has done something no other has done at this scale: written down the idea that all of us are created equal, and then spent two and a half centuries arguing, bleeding and climbing our way
Operation HOPE Global Spokesman Ambassador Andrew J. Young meets with Pope Leo in Rome
John Hope Bryant saluting Jamie Dimon
Capitalism for All book continues #1 bestseller list ranking
John Hope Bryant sits down with world-renowned neurosurgeon and journalist Sanjay Gupta for a powerful conversation about the connection between health, wealth, mindset, and longevity. The two explore how stress, financial wellness, environment, and hope can shape the quality — not just the length — of our lives. From the
What does it really mean to start from the bottom—and how do you rise above it? In this powerful conversation, Operation HOPE Founder, Chairman & CEO John Hope Bryant and Happyness CEO Chris Gardner explore the realities of adversity, resilience, and building success from difficult beginnings. From experiences with homelessness
Your zip code is a bigger predictor of how long you’ll live than your DNA. That’s not me talking. That’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta—practicing neurosurgeon at Emory, Emmy-winning chief medical correspondent for CNN, best-selling author, and one of the most trusted voices in medicine in America. He joined me on Money
A Note from John Hope BryantThe Bryant Journal | Bryant Group Ventures Yesterday morning, I wrote a tribute for TIME magazine honoring the life of Alan Greenspan, who passed away Monday at the age of one hundred. You can read it here: “Remembering Alan Greenspan: The Fed Chair, Bookkeeper, and
Freedom Was Always Economic On Juneteenth, the Stage at Carnegie Hall Belongs to All of Us By John Hope Bryant Tonight, I will stand on the stage of Carnegie Hall. Let me say that again, because I need you to feel the weight of it. Carnegie Hall. One of the
Coming Friday to Money & Wealth with John Hope Bryant, Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Operation HOPE When John Hope Bryant says he only reaches outside himself for “the best of the best,” he means it. This Friday, that means a household name you know — and a name you
This week on Money & Wealth, John Hope Bryant, Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Operation HOPE, sits down with his friend and brother, Dr. Jamal Bryant — Senior Pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church — for a conversation that goes places neither of them expected. Two men who met
Introducing the HOPE Investor Mindset Experience The Investor Mindset Experience — A Free On-Ramp to Wealth Building for First-Time Investors Operation HOPE, Inc. has launched the Investor Mindset Experience in partnership with the Nasdaq Foundation — a free digital education tool designed to equip first-time investors with the knowledge and
John Hope Bryant and Anthony Anderson Bring Books, Brotherhood, and Big Dreams to Walmart’s Newest Store in Texas We did not plan this. Nobody sat in a room and said, “Let’s get two guys who grew up in Compton, California, put them at the same table in a brand-new Walmart
Anthony Anderson and John Hope Bryant grew up minutes apart in Compton. On Money and Wealth, they trace the road from bus rides to boardrooms.
For more than three decades, I’ve believed one simple truth: you cannot have a rainbow without a storm first. Operation HOPE was born out of that conviction—that the underserved deserve not charity, but access. Not a handout, but a hand up. And today, I’m prouder than ever to share a
Two good men here, and new friends, also. I really like Chase Koch, and Demario Davis, and now we are connected in shared values. I am a better person, because the three of us are now connected by a shared mission, vision and purpose. I like and I respect them,
I’ll be honest with you: a few years back, I was ready not to like the Koch family. You think you know somebody by their last name, their family’s headlines, your perception of the politics. Then you take time to actually listen. You sit across from them live, with no
Last month, Walmart asked me to do a signing for my book, Capitalism For All: Inclusive Economics and the Future-Proofing of America, at their new store opening in Celina, Texas. The actor Anthony Anderson and I signed books, talked about the future of America, and I left wondering: Why Celina? What
In December, 2025, I was honored to be recognized amongst the 2025 U.S. News & World Report 25 Best Leaders, and to now contribute to their Best Leaders Podcast Series as one of their first guests. As America celebrates 250 years, one of the things that defines this great but
Thanks to you and all the Financial Literacy for All members, I am pleased to share that Financial Literacy Month (April) was filled with impactful activity, including the successful execution of the second annual Green Socks Day Challenge (GSDC). Special appreciation to all the FL4A members who not only participated — but helped amplify a movement built
AJC editor-in-chief Leroy Chapman sits down with John Hope Bryant on the AJC Podcast Politically Georgia, to discuss Bryant’s new book, Capitalism for All, and his argument that economic mobility is the unfinished work of the civil rights movement. Bryant explains why he believes Atlanta is uniquely positioned to lead
How One Nonprofit Mapped Every Zip Code in America and Discovered That Credit Scores Predict Life Expectancy, Crime Rates, and Homeownership—and Why It Matters for Policy, Practice, and American Renewal Part I: A Map of Inequality—Drawn from Home When I drive through the Crenshaw District today—the neighborhood where Operation HOPE
Compton made me, so when I tell you Kristy Fercho came up out of those same streets and climbed all the way to the first Black woman ever on Wells Fargo’s operating committee, you understand what that distance really means. She helped run one of the biggest banks on earth
Episode Description This week on Money & Wealth with John Hope Bryant, John sits down with Kristy Fercho — Senior Executive Vice President at Wells Fargo and the first Black woman ever to serve on the bank’s operating committee. From growing up in Compton to leading billion-dollar businesses and helping shape
By John Hope Bryant This past Mother’s Day, I did what I have done every Mother’s Day since September 10, 2023, when my mother, Ms. Juanita Murray Smith, transitioned from this life — I thought about her. I talked to her. And then I tried to live like her. Not
Following a landmark debut on USA Today, Publishers Weekly, Walmart.com and Amazon bestseller lists, John Hope Bryant’s audiobook, released May 12, now tops Audible charts in multiple categories ATLANTA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The momentum behind Capitalism for All shows no signs of slowing. John Hope Bryant, Founder and CEO of Operation HOPE and one of
She was born from the fight to end slavery. The chains are still there — if you know where to look. I was standing on Ellis Island last night, celebrating friends who were receiving the 2026 Ellis Island Medal of Honor, and I could not stop looking at her. Lady
On an island that welcomed millions chasing the American Dream, this year’s honorees prove that dream is still very much alive Last night, Chaitra and I had the honor of standing on sacred American ground — Ellis Island — to celebrate some extraordinary people we are proud to call friends.
JOHN HOPE BRYANT: NOW YOU CAN HEAR THE MISSION The Capitalism for All Audiobook Arrives as a Bestseller — Because This Message Was Always Meant to Be Heard There is something different about hearing a message spoken aloud. I have spent more than three decades standing in rooms — church
BANKING ON PURPOSE: WHAT STEVE STEINOUR AND HUNTINGTON BANK TEACH US ABOUT CAPITALISM THAT WORKS A Conversation with the Chairman and CEO of One of America’s Largest Banks — and Why It Matters for You I do not normally bring guests onto the Money & Wealth podcast. When it is
As Jerome Powell concludes his tenure as Chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve, I want to take a moment to honor a man who served this country with uncommon grace. I had the pleasure of meeting with Chair Powell recently, and I can tell you — he is a good
The United States Senate confirmed Kevin Warsh as the 17th Chair of the Federal Reserve, and I want to be among the first to offer my sincere congratulations. I’ve had the pleasure to know Chairman Warsh for many years, dating back to my time as Vice Chair of the President’s
The most powerful people I know are also the most decent. Wait until you meet the one I sat down with this week. Steve Steinour runs one of the largest banks in America. He has the kind of access most people only read about — Republican governors, Democratic presidents, Federal
I’m going to be honest with you. When I held that Forbes magazine in my hands and saw Dr. Dre, another Black man from Compton, California on the cover, and me listed amongst the 250 — at number 145 on the list — I didn’t feel special. I felt grateful.
THE WORLD IS LISTENING 130 episodes in. 11 countries charting. And we’re just getting started. When I launched Money & Wealth, on the Black Effect Podcast Network on iHeart Media, the mission was simple — give people the memo on money that nobody gave us. Not theory. Not motivation. The
There is something different about reading your own book aloud. When I sat down to record the audiobook edition of Capitalism for All: Inclusive Economics and the Future-Proofing of America, I thought I knew what to expect. I wrote every word. I lived every word. But hearing myself speak them
There is a statistic I carry with me everywhere I go — into boardrooms and classrooms, into city halls and community centers. It comes from researchers at Washington University in St. Louis, and it is as simple as it is powerful: a child with a savings account in their name
Editor’s Note When TIME calls and asks you to stand alongside some of the most consequential technologists, inventors, and innovators in the world — and to answer one question about what defines America right now — you don’t hesitate. You answer with the truth you’ve been living. As part of
There’s something that happens when an idea whose time has come meets a people ready to receive it. You can’t manufacture it. You can’t fake it. You just feel it. Over the past several weeks, readers from coast to coast have been sending me photos — holding up their copies
This week on Money & Wealth, I sat down with Arik Armstead, first-round draft pick of the San Francisco 49ers, now a defensive end with the Jacksonville Jaguars, and the NFL’s 2024 Walter Payton Man of the Year. The Walter Payton honor is given to one player a season for
A Manifesto for the Passionate Middle of America. Seven Principles for an Economy That Works the Way It Was Supposed To. By John Hope Bryant, from the Milken Global Conference. On Operation HOPE’s Birthday week (actual birthday anniversary was May 5th 2026), in America’s 250th Year. John Hope Bryant PART