Forbes 250: My First Person Interview

Forbes 250: My First Person Interview

John Hope Bryant on the Forbes 250: My Conversation from Philadelphia A new interview from the birthplace of American democracy, on what it means to be named among the 250 Greatest Living Self-Made Americans — and what comes next Chaitra Bryant, Oprah Winfrey and John...
JOHN HOPE BRYANT: On Oprah Winfrey, the Forbes Self-Made 250, and What It Really Means to Come from Nothing

JOHN HOPE BRYANT: On Oprah Winfrey, the Forbes Self-Made 250, and What It Really Means to Come from Nothing

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...
FREEDOM, FLUENCY, AND THE FUTURE: What I Told the Room at Carnegie Hall on Juneteenth Night

FREEDOM, FLUENCY, AND THE FUTURE: What I Told the Room at Carnegie Hall on Juneteenth Night

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...
John Hope Bryant to Speak at Carnegie Hall in NYC on Juneteenth, June 19, 2026

John Hope Bryant to Speak at Carnegie Hall in NYC on Juneteenth, June 19, 2026

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 most...