Dee Brown, MBA, Affiliate Broker, LEED GA, GRI
President & CEO
Largest minority P3 developer in the USA.
President & CEO
Dee holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Memphis, an MBA from Bethel University, and numerous professional certifications. He is a life member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., the NAACP, Producers Guild of America, National Academy of Television, Arts & Sciences, the International Documentary Association and Entrepreneur Leadership Network. He also serves on the board of directors for the U.S. Minority Contractor’s Association Arkansas & Tennessee region. Dee also serves on the Documentary and Nonfictional Committee for the Producers Guild of America.
As a contributing writer for Forbes.com, Entrepreneur.com, Metro Magazine, and Peoria Magazine, Dee shares his insights and experiences. He has a 30-year record of real estate sales, development, and management, overseeing all phases of multi-million dollar construction, infrastructure, water/sewer, and environmental projects for government and private-sector clients.
In the realm of media, Dee is the President and CEO of the film production company, Self Made Entertainment, Inc. and Dee Brown, Inc., which operates the streaming channel Self Made TV. Additionally, he hosts the internationally ranked podcast The Sky’s the Limit: Beyond the Deal, launched in collaboration with Forbes Books and now produced by Self Made TV. Dee also is the executive producer and host of the WTVP/PBS television talk shows Self Made with Dee Brown CEO and #HBCYou with Dee Brown CEO.
Over the years, Dee has received numerous honors. In 1999, he was named the Entrepreneur of the Year for the state of Tennessee by the U.S. Small Business Administration. His construction firm, Concrete Constructors, Inc., was named the 7th fastest-growing inner-city company in the country by ICIC and Fortune Magazine in 2015. In 2019, The P3 Group Inc. was recognized as a Mississippi business success story by the Mississippi Development Authority. Dee was also selected as a member of the Forbes Real Estate Council (2020) and Forbes Business Council (2021-2023). In 2021, he received the Congressional Black Caucus Presidential Corporate Philanthropy Award from the National Bar Association and was appointed the National Advisor on Public-Private Partnerships and Urban Redevelopment for the President of the National Bar Association (2021-2022). Most recently, he received the Joseph Biden’s President Lifetime Achievement Award (2023).
Dee has been a featured guest on international podcasts and has spoken as an expert on the subject of P3s for a variety of organizations. He holds the honor of being the first minority Department of Defense contractor to hold a federal contract with the US Navy Nuclear Power Command at Goose Creek, SC (2013). Under his leadership, The P3 Group has grown into the largest minority real estate development company that focuses exclusively on public-private partnerships.
Dee Brown holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Memphis; an MBA from Bethel University; an affiliate broker; a LEED Green Associate; a Graduate Realtor Institute; PACP, MACP, and LACP certified; and member of Memphis Area Association of Realtors Multi Million Dollar Sales Club. Dee is a life member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., Life Member of the NAACP, a Member of the National Academy of Television, Arts & Sciences, a member of Entrepreneur Leadership Network, and the Founder & Chairman Emeritus of the Brown Foundation Community Development Corporation. Dee has been the recipient of many local, state and national honors. In 1999, Mr. Brown was named the Entrepreneur of the year for the state of Tennessee by the U.S. Small Business Administration. In 2015, his construction firm, Concrete Constructors, Inc., was named the 7th fastest growing inner city company in the country by ICIC and Fortune Magazine. In 2019, The P3 Group Inc. was named as a Mississippi business success story by the Mississippi Development Authority, and Mr. Brown was selected as a member of the Forbes Real Estate Council (2020); and was selected as a member of Forbes Business Council (2020). Dee Brown was awarded the Congressional Black Caucus Presidential Corporate Philanthropy Award by the National Bar Association (2021), and was appointed the National Advisor on Public-Private Partnerships and Urban Redevelopment for the President of the National Bar Association (2021-2022).
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