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2024 Renaissance Award

BK Fulton

BK Fulton is a modern renaissance man. While many of you may know him as the former President of Verizon, since his retirement in 2015, BK has turned full media mogul producing more than 20 films, 19 books, and three number one Broadway shows including The Piano Lesson with Samuel L. Jackson, John David Washington and Daniel Brooks. The play was nominated for two Tony’s and remains the highest grossing Broadway revival of all time. He is currently a team member for the 2024 Broadway revivals of both The Wiz and The Outsiders.

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His Mr. Business children’s books are being made into a movie and HBO and Warner Brothers are releasing a documentary about his MoviePass business venture. BK and his wife - Jackie Stone - are also philanthropists giving to causes that develop and expose young entrepreneurs to leaders from around the globe.

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A native of Hampton, VA, BK is a proud graduate of Virginia Tech, Harvard and the New School as a Sloan Fellow, and New York Law School. He is also a Smithsonian Laureate Medal winner, a Business Leaders History Maker, winner of a Nonfiction National Book Award and winner of the Oscar Micheaux Award for Excellence in Filmmaking. His memberships include the Producers Guild of America (PGA), the Writers Guild of America, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, the Alpha Beta Boule, and the Business Leaders Hall of Fame.

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