ENTERPRISING WOMEN OF COLOR AS PART OF THE ADMINISTRATIONS FOCUS ON EMPOWERING WOMEN, MBDA IS SEEKING TO PROMOTE MINORITY ENTREPRENEURS, WITH A FOCUS ON WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS, TO BECOME ENGINES OF ECONOMIC GROWTH IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. AS OF 2019, 6.4 MILLION MINORITY-OWNED WOMEN BUSINESSES EMPLOYED NEARLY 2.4 MILLION PEOPLE AND GENERATED $422.5 BILLION IN REVENUE ACCORDING TO THE AMERICAN EXPRESS STATE OF WOMEN- OWNED BUSINESSES REPORT (SEPTEMBER 23, 2019). WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES REPRESENT 42% OF ALL BUSINESSES. THIS REPORT ALSO ESTIMATED THAT IF THE REVENUES GENERATED BY MINORITY WOMEN-OWNED FIRMS MATCHED THOSE CURRENTLY GENERATED BY ALL NON-MINORITY WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES, THEY WOULD ADD 4 MILLION NEW JOBS AND $981 BILLION IN REVENUES TO THE U.S. ECONOMY. WOMEN RE-INVEST APPROXIMATELY 90% OF THEIR EARNINGS INTO THEIR FAMILY AND THEIR COMMUNITIES, CREATING A UNIQUE MULTIPLIER. INVESTMENTS IN WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES MAKE COMMUNITIES PROSPER. MBDA SEEKS TO FUND BUSINESS CE