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...chairman of TLC Beatrice International Holdings, which has the odd distinction of being America's largest minority-owned enterprise without having any U.S. businesses, Lewis has made a habit of defying the odds. Following the death in January 1993 of her husband Reginald (Reg) Lewis--the African-American tycoon who demolished the Wall Street color line in 1987 by buying Beatrice International for $1 billion--it was widely assumed that his widow would remain secluded as majority shareholder and silent partner...
...didn't. Instead Lewis has surprised skeptics, including investors, by guiding TLC Beatrice with just as much spunk and savvy as her high-profile spouse did. Despite zero management experience and little firsthand knowledge of the global food business, this immigration lawyer and mother of two led the money-losing conglomerate through a perilous economy and a painful downsizing. She recharged Beatrice's slumping operations, restored its credibility--and credit rating--on Wall Street and returned the company to the black. After reporting its first significant profit in three years in 1994, TLC Beatrice continues to improve the bottom line...
...School administrators last week helped unveil a new portrait honoring the late Reginald F. Lewis, CEO of TLC Beatrice International and one the Law School's largest benefactors...
...Lewis acquired food giant TLC Beatrice International in a $985 million leveraged buyout. The coup made Beatrice the largest black-owned business in the country, with Lewis at the helm...
Their teacher, Edward A. Villavencio '96-`97, has been working on a lot mysteries with kids from all over the Boston area. So far, they've cracked some big cases: the ingredients of slime and how to make sound, for starters. Today, TLC (thin layer chromatography) is the subject of choice...