Black women leaders, entrepreneurs, and changemakers are set to gather in Chicago for the 2026 Power Rising Summit, a dynamic weekend celebrating their collective power and vision.
There’s a powerful truth in seeing Black women thrive in business: when we rise, the whole world shifts. Black women now own an estimated 2 million businesses — that’s 14% of all women-owned firms and nearly half of all Black-owned businesses in the U.S. From 2019 to 2024, revenue among Black women-owned firms grew by 80%, with employer firms led by Black women seeing a staggering 102.8% surge in earnings.