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Johnson C. Smith University

University · Charlotte, NC

Johnson C. Smith University is a private historically Black university (HBCU) located in Charlotte, North Carolina that offers undergraduate and graduate programs including business, biology, chemistry, social work, and other career-focused fields. The university serves approximately 1,302 students and is ranked as the #1 private HBCU in North Carolina.

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Charlotte

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About Charlotte

Second only to New York as a US banking center, Charlotte carries Bank of America's and Truist's headquarters (the NCNB/First Union roots that built "Wall Street of the South") alongside a genuinely emerging battery and EV-materials cluster -- lithium recycling (Li Industries), battery separator manufacturing (Green New Energy Materials), and EV fast-charging hardware (Alpitronic's US headquarters). The region is also nicknamed "Race City USA": while NASCAR's own corporate headquarters sits in Daytona Beach, the vast majority of its teams' race shops -- Hendrick Motorsports, Team Penske, Joe Gibbs Racing, Richard Childress Racing -- are physically based here, making Charlotte the sport's real operational center of gravity even though its sanctioning body isn't headquartered here.

Region Stats

Total firms 36

VC / investors 4

Companies 26

Schools 6

Known For

Banking

Battery & EV Materials

Motorsports