Houston White Jr.

Entrepreneur

Houston White Jr. is the founder of Houston White goods and gathering spaces, The Get Down Coffee Company, the Be The Change golf tournament, Camdentown Flats, and many other ventures. As an entrepreneur, designer, advisor, speaker and community leader, Houston is dedicated to moving us forward through creative acts of cultural collision.

In 2007, Houston founded Houston White Men’s Room, a barbershop in the Camdentown neighborhood of North Minneapolis. While this sacred space began as a barbershop, it quickly transformed into a mecca for the inclusive celebration of Black culture, human excellence and the power of community at its best.