Posts Tagged ‘Lonnie Johnson’
Super Soaker inventor Lonnie Johnson awarded $73 million
Lonnie Johnson, the brilliant black doctor, scientist, inventor and entrepreneur who created the wildly popular Super Soaker toy gun, was awarded $72.9 million in unpaid royalties from Hasbro Inc., according to the law firm King & Spalding. Johnson’s company, Johnson Research and Development, filed a lawsuit against Hasbro for underpaid royalties in the sales of…
Read MoreBlack millionaire: Black inventors who changed the world
There are many more black inventors that you’ve probably never heard of who definitely deserve the world’s respect for their contributions in the past, and not-so-distant past as well. With many life-changing and even life-saving devices and process to our credit, it is safe to say that black inventors have changed the world in very…
Read MoreLonnie Johnson, Super Soaker Inventor: The Black Millionaire Blueprint for Success
One of the most popular children’s toys in the world for the past twenty years has been the Super Soaker water gun, but tragically very few people know that it was an African American who invented it: Lonnie Johnson, one of the most brilliant scientists and prolific inventors of the modern era. For a few…
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