What is Robert L. Johnson?
{{Infobox person |name = Robert L. Johnson |image = Robert L. Johnson watches Donald Trump.jpg |caption = Johnson in 2018 |birth_name = Robert Louis Johnson |birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1946|4|8}} |birth_place = [[Hickory, Mississippi|Hickory]], [[Mississippi]], U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |alma_mater = [[University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])}}<br>[[Princeton University]] {{small|([[Master of Public Administration|MPA]])}} |known_for = Co-founder of [[BET]] |net_worth = [[United States dollar|US$]] 600 million<ref name=FORB>{{cite news|author=Miller, Matthew|date=May 6, 2009|title=The Wealthiest Black Americans|newspaper=Forbes Magazine|url=https://www.forbes.com/2009/05/06/richest-African-americans-busienss-billionaires-richest-black-americans.html|access-date=September 21, 2013|quote=... Robert Johnson became the first African American billionaire in 2000 after he sold the network to Viacom for $3 billion in stock and assumed swag. Since then, sagging Viacom and CBS stock, plus investments in real estate, hotels and banks ... have dragged Johnson's net worth to $550 million, we estimate.|archive-date=December 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215190412/https://www.forbes.com/2009/05/06/richest-African-americans-busienss-billionaires-richest-black-americans.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> |website = {{url|rljcompanies.com|Official website}} }} [[File:Robert_L._Johnson_with_President_Bush.jpg|thumbnail|Robert_L. Johnson with President Bush]] '''Robert Louis Johnson''' <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/13/business/robert-l-johnson-anger-has-no-place-in-business.html|title=No Ranting and Raving Is Permitted|last=Bryant|first=Adam|date=2011-11-12|work=The New York Times|access-date=2020-04-10|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> (born April 8, 1946 is American entrepreneur, media magnate, executive, philanthropist, and investor.He is the co-founder of BET, which was acquired by Viacom in 2001