Walk Through Fire

The memoir of the co-founder of BET, the first Black-owned company listed on the New York Stock Exchange — the building of the network, the sale to Viacom, the end of her marriage to her co-founder, and the second career she built afterwards in hospitality and sports ownership. A founder’s book about a media business and about what happens to a founder after the exit.

Why it’s on the list: One of the 46 titles on @mastersinvest’s 2025 reading list — not bold, so read but not singled out as very good.

Where I saw it: @mastersinvest’s “2025 Reading … so far” list, August 20, 2025. The full 46-title list is transcribed on 2025 Reading So Far… (tweet).

Connections

• 2025 Reading So Far… (tweet) — the list this came from.
• Media — BET’s rise and sale is a media-industry case as much as a memoir.