
Don Barden is chairman and CEO of Barden Companies, the Majestic Star Casino, Waycor Development Company and Namibia, Africa-based Barden International. His Detroit-based conglomerate operates in the casino, real estate development and entertainment industries.
In 1994, Barden sold his successfully built, owned and operated cable television system, Barden cablevision, to Comcast Cable in excess of $100 million. With a business career spanning more than 40 years, Barden is recognized as one of the top African-American entrepreneurs in the country. He has guided Barden Companies and its affiliates from earnings of $600,000 to 2005 revenues of $519 million, making it one of the largest African-American-owned businesses in the country.
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