As the founder of Motown, Berry Gordy is — and always has been — an entrepreneur. From the time he was a young boy selling newspapers, Gordy was always thinking about ways to be more successful. Oftentimes, his ideas paid off, but there was one particular instance in Gordy’s youth where he learned far more about life than he did business.
Back then, Gordy had a boyhood job selling “The Michigan Chronicle,” a weekly African-American newspaper in Detroit. He was doing a great job of selling, but Gordy still began looking for other ways to increase his sales. That’s when he got an idea, as he tells “Oprah’s Master Class” in the above video.
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Also in the interview: Gordy reveals that The Temptations’ first Grammy-winning album almost never happened.
“Oprah’s Master Class” airs on OWN, the Oprah Winfrey Network.
