Meet the first African-American woman with a $1 billion business

Janice Bryant Howroyd, founder and CEO of ACT-1 Group, the largest employment agency in the United States owned by a minority woman, speaks to TODAY special correspondent Jenna Bush Hager for the week-long series of profiles of successful women, and reveals her mantras and inspirations.

Meet the first African-American woman with a $1 billion business

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