He Borrowed $250 and Built Ultra Sheen and Afro Sheen — George E. Johnson, the Man Who Put a Black Company on the Stock Exchange
We lost him this year — and every shelf in America still carries his blueprint. George E. Johnson, who started a company on a $250 loan and built it into Ultra Sheen and Afro Sheen, died on July 6, 2026, in Chicago, at 99. Before there was an aisle, before there was an industry, there