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A New HOPE Inside Location: When Purpose Meets Partnership. Operation HOPE, Inc. and the T.D. Jakes Foundation Open New Doors in Dallas

by John Bryant | Apr 20, 2026 | Bryant on Leaders and Leadership, Bryant Traveling Man, HOPE Inside, Hope Is On The Way, John Hope Bryant Authored, Operation HOPE

This past weekend, I traveled to Dallas, Texas for one of those moments that reminds you why you do this work. Together with Bishop T.D. Jakes and the extraordinary team at the T.D. Jakes Foundation, we cut the ribbon on a new T.O.R.I. Community Office at The DEC...

AJC: Prominent Georgians make Forbes list of 250 self-made Americans

by John Bryant | Apr 14, 2026 | Awards and Recognition, Bryant Group Ventures, Capitalism for All, Entrepreneurship, Operation HOPE, Silver Rights

The list highlights people who started with nothing and made it big. He dropped out of high school, but Tyler Perry converted 330 acres of a former Army post in southwest Atlanta into one of the largest studios in the United States. (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images...

Forbes 250: Once Homeless, They Are Now Among The Nation’s Most Successful Self-Made Americans

by John Bryant | Apr 14, 2026 | Awards and Recognition, Bryant Group Ventures, Capitalism for All, Operation HOPE

How these entrepreneurs and entertainers went from sleeping in cars and flopping on friends’ couches to becoming some of the most successful people in America. In 1992, struggling playwright Tyler Perry invested his $12,000 life savings into his first play, “I Know...

JOHN HOPE BRYANT: THE AMERICAN DREAM AFFIRMED Reflections on the Forbes 250 Greatest Living Self-Made Americans

by John Bryant | Apr 13, 2026 | Awards and Recognition, Bryant Group Ventures, Entrepreneurship, Featured, Operation HOPE

ATLANTA, GEORGIA – OCTOBER 10: John Hope Bryant, Founder, Chairman, and CEO, Operation Hope, speaks onstage during the 2025 ForbesBLK Summit at Ray Charles Performing Arts Center Morehouse College on October 10, 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Paras...

What Is Rich? Live with Jerome D. Love and Rushion McDonald

by Louis Deas | Apr 12, 2026 | Bryant | Media Interview, Capitalism for All, HOPE AI, Media Interview

Image: FOX Soul Jerome D. Love and Rushion McDonald opened up What Is Rich? Live to audience questions about Capitalism for All, streaming on FOX Soul and across their social channels. A big share of the conversation went to artificial intelligence. AI is not taking...

A Fireside Chat with Rev. Al Sharpton at National Action Network

by Louis Deas | Apr 10, 2026 | Capitalism for All, Events & Appearances, Media Interview, Operation HOPE

Image: The Star of Zion Rev. Al Sharpton, founder and president of National Action Network, invited me to sit with him for a fireside chat on the NAN stage as the organization marked 35 years. Civil rights opened the doors. Silver rights, the right to understand money...