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OWNING AND OPERATING HOTELS IS ONLY ONE FEATURE OF THE MULTIFACETED SHEILA JOHNSON .
By DAVID EISEN
Sheila Johnson appears harried at the moment . As a billionaire philanthropist , owner or partner in three professional sports franchises and co-founder of the seminal BET network , people tend to clamor for her attention and elate when she abides .
Beyond that work , she wears another hat : hotel company owner . Specifically , Salamander Collection , totaling seven hotels and resorts currently , with locations as diverse as Aspen and Anguilla .
On this day , as she plops down on a chair in the Gold Cup Wine Bar of the Salamander Middleburg , in Virginia , she ’ s a bit irked — something
12 hotelsmag . com October 2023