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The late John H. Johnson started his publishing empire in 1942 with a $500 loan on his mother’s furniture. Sixty-eight years later since its days as Negro Digest, Johnson Publishing Company, Inc. has grown into one of the world’s largest black-owned publishing company. Johnson Publishing Company (JPC) is the preeminent publisher of EBONY and JET magazines and owner of Fashion Fair Cosmetics, a global prestige cosmetic brand for people of color. Mr. Johnson's wife, Eunice W. Johnson, was the dynamic, confident and uncompromising creator of the Ebony Fashion Fair, the world's largest traveling fashion show, and cofounder of JPC. Beyond publishing, the company also has subsidiaries in cosmetics, television production and fashion. Headquartered in Chicago, the company also has offices in New York City, Washington, D.C., London, and Paris. Today, Linda Johnson Rice carries on this legacy and maintains JPC's position as a Black owned company. Purchase some make-up from Fashion Fair Cosmetics, and pick up an Ebony or Jet Magazine.