American businesswoman and CEO of BET Holdings, Inc., Debra L. Lee has an estimated net worth of $5.5 million. She has been Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of BET Holdings, Inc. (BET), a media and entertainment company and a division of Viacom, Inc., since 2005.

Prior to being named Chief Executive Officer, Lee was President and Chief Operating Officer of BET Networks for nine years. She joined BET in 1986 as Vice President and General Counsel. She was placed in charge of strategic business development in 1995. Ms. Lee is the director of WGL Holdings, Inc., a public utility, Marriott International, Inc. and Revlon, Inc.

Born Debra L. Lee in 1955 in Fort Jackson, South Carolina, USA, Lee graduated from Brown University in 1976 with a bachelor's degree in political science with an emphasis in Asian politics.

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