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In the Lead: Best Minority-Owned Businesses 2026
The Daily Reporter’s In the Lead: Best Minority-Owned Businesses series highlights 18 standout companies shaping Wisconsin’s business landscape.
In the Lead: Best Minority-Owned Businesses 2026 – Diamond Discs Inc.
Ugo Nwagbaraocha has spent 19 years building Diamond Discs International Construction Management into a dual-force in the construction industry — operating as both a general construction management firm and a national wholesaler of construction tools and equipment.
In the Lead: Best Minority-Owned Businesses 2026 – Brothers Infrastructure Group
Tyrone Johnson, founder and president of Brothers Infrastructure Group, brings more than 25 years of experience as a project manager, program manager and engineer across the public and private sectors.
In the Lead: Best Minority-Owned Businesses 2026 – T.L. Reese Corp.
T.L. Reese Corporation began with a $500 porch demolition project on North 51st Street in Milwaukee on Oct. 1, 1992, operating then as Cream City Builders.
In the Lead: Best Minority-Owned Businesses 2026 – One 5 Olive
One 5 Olive is a Milwaukee-based real estate development firm founded by brothers David Griggs and Gregory Davis, who grew up in the city's Rufus King neighborhood. The
In the Lead: Best Minority-Owned Businesses 2026 – Moua Construction
Moua Construction has built its reputation on tackling the jobs others won't — and doing them right.
In the Lead: Best Minority-Owned Businesses 2026 – Mavid Construction
Mavid Construction was founded in 2008 by Zoar Fulwilder and his uncle — in the middle of a recession.
In the Lead: Best Minority-Owned Businesses 2026 – MARS Solutions Group
MARS Solutions Group, a woman and minority-owned technology staffing firm based in Milwaukee, has grown into a five-time Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Company in America and a three-time Milwaukee Future 50 organization.
In the Lead: Best Minority-Owned Businesses 2026 – Potawatomi Ventures
Potawatomi Ventures is the economic development and diversification portfolio company of the Forest County Potawatomi Community.
In the Lead: Best Minority-Owned Businesses 2026 – JCP Construction
Brothers James, Jalin and Clifton Phelps founded JCP Construction in 2008 as a small family business.
In the Lead: Best Minority-Owned Businesses 2026 – Emem Group
Nearly 20 years after designing and building his first house, Michael Emem leads Emem Group, a Milwaukee-based commercial real estate and consulting firm founded in 2018.
In the Lead: Best Minority-Owned Businesses 2026 – D&T Construction
D&T Construction, a 100% Indigenous-owned general contractor based in Wisconsin, has built a reputation for quality craftsmanship and community impact over 14 years in business.
Today’s News
- Rockwell’s New Berlin proposal gets initial approval
- Michigan approves Canadian oil giant’s Line 5 pipeline project
- Construction industry resilient despite higher prices
- Marketing firm Derse gets ready to build Oak Creek HQ
- Hazy conditions continue Thursday and Friday in Wisconsin
- Waukesha County Executive Paul Farrow dies at 61
- Nominations are open for Newsmaker awards at Daily Reporter
- MPS students help with Milwaukee County courthouse complex overhaul
- Buc-ee’s Travel Center under construction in Oak Creek
- Realta Fusion picks Madison Oscar Mayer site for R&D headquarters
- Michael Mooney of MLG Capital dies at 83
- After being sold, Master Lock site will be auctioned off
Project Profiles
- First prefabricated bridge in US installed in Eau Claire County
- Illinois developer worked with Wisconsin contractor to build 258-unit Wauwatosa apartment complex
- VJS Construction raises the roof for Bruce Guadalupe Community School expansion project
- Microgrid pilot project will store energy for village affected by outages
- Dane County sees uptick in highway work zone crashes, on track to exceed last year
- The Hop streetcar will debut newest service route in fall with limited service
- FPC Live slims venue proposal to 1 downtown building
- Children’s Hospital urgent care center in Milwaukee gets first round of city approval
- With Sonag Construction shut down, feds move to block indicted owner from collecting leftover assets
- Four contractors selected to build border wall prototypes
- UW-Milwaukee’s Greenstreet shaping minds (and the city)
- Turning the Corner(s) (PHOTO SLIDESHOW)