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Robert Johnson, chairman and founder of RLJ Lodging Trust, in his Bethesda office. (Jeffrey MacMillan/Capital Business)
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RLJ Lodging Trust
The real estate investment trust, led by chief executive Thomas J. Baltimore Jr., debuted as a public company in May. It later acquired the 176-room Courtyard by Marriott Charleston Historic District hotel for $42 million, expanding its portfolio to 141 hotels in the United States.
Trivia
Chairman Robert J. Johnson founded Black Entertainment Television, the first channel targeting African Americans.
3 Bethesda Metro Center
Bethesda Md., 20814
301-280-7700
Founded: 2000
Executive chairman: Robert L. Johnson
Revenue: $80
Assets: $16,220
Employees (local): 51 (51)
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