Editing Reginald Lewis (section)

{{short description|American businessman (1942–1993)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Reginald Lewis
| image = Reginald F. Lewis.jpg
| caption = 
| birth_name = Reginald F. Lewis
| birth_date = {{birth date|1942|12|7}}
| birth_place = [[Baltimore]], Maryland, U.S
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1993|1|19|1942|12|7}}
| death_place = [[New York City]], New York, U.S.
| parents =
| children = 2, including [[Christina Lewis]]
| occupation =
| spouse = [[Loida Nicolas-Lewis]]
| alma_mater = {{ubl|[[Virginia State University]]|[[Harvard Law School]]}}
}}
'''Reginald Francis Lewis''' (December 7, 1942 – January 19, 1993), was an American businessman. He was one of the richest [[Black American]] men in the 1980s, and the first African-American to build a billion-dollar company: [[Beatrice Foods|TLC Beatrice International Holdings Inc.]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theroot.com/billion-dollar-legacy-reginald-f-lewis-incredible-li-1823041385|title=Billion-Dollar Legacy: Reginald F. Lewis' Incredible Life Story Comes to Film|date=15 February 2018 }}</ref>

In 1993, ''[[Forbes]]'' listed Lewis among the 400 richest Americans, with a net worth estimated at $400 million.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/A-Black-Man-s-Journey-to-the-Forbes-400-List-3045896.php |title = A Black Man's Journey to the Forbes 400 List|date = 10 February 1995}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-01-20-fi-1542-story.html| title = Archives - Los Angeles Times| website = Los Angeles Times| date = 20 January 1993}}</ref>