Inc'd Out Sunday #2: Percy Sutton

The second Inc. "How I did It" story, we want to highlight, is on the legendary Percy Sutton who owns a bizillion companies including, the New York radio station, WBLS (Home of The Wendy Williams Experience). If you've never heard of him you should definitely click here to read the entire piece. Here's the intro...

"At the height of the civil rights movement, Percy Sutton was a bona fide prince of Harlem: lawyer for Malcolm X, president of the Borough of Manhattan, a prominent and compelling presence. That's the Sutton most New Yorkers are familiar with. Less visibly (because nearly anything is less visible than Sutton's political life), he was and is a try-anything entrepreneur. Raised in Texas by parents who were educators, business owners, and community leaders, Sutton is the youngest of 15 children, all of whom went to college. As he built his New York law practice, he also built other businesses, including Inner City Broadcasting, which now owns 19 radio stations. In 1980, he bought the legendary Apollo Theater, on Harlem's 125th Street, spurring the revitalization so evident in Harlem today. More recently he co-founded the IT company Synematics, where he holds the title of chairman and, at age 86, remains involved in day-to-day operations."

Now go read the rest of this one too!!