Kimberly M. Chapman is one of the great entrepreneurs and innovators in the Southeast, the perfect combination of beauty, ambition, and intellect.
A graduate of Southern Wesleyan University, Kimberly lives and breathes the word visionary. She co-founded Chapman Products Inc., the umbrella which houses Nairobi Professional, Congo Professional, Kerefena Natural Hair Smoothing System, and the Chapman Foundation. With an illuminating zeal for people and a knack for organization and infrastructure, Mrs. Chapman uses her potent business acumen to oversee every aspect of Chapman Products.
She started her empire with a dream of Chapman Products becoming a household name around the world, providing all cultures and ethnicities with beauty products inclusive and indiscriminate. She saw the need for better and healthier haircare products and set out to fill the void. With prudence, Chapman Products was built into a regional, national, and then international brand. Through hard work and diligence, Mrs. Chapman turned her vision into the extraordinary company it is today, which now includes 200 distributors, 32 employees, and continues to grow.
Her ambition, however, soon grew beyond that of solely running a successful business. With Chapman Products on the rise within the haircare industry, Mrs. Chapman felt it was important to expand into community outreach. In 1999 she co-found the Chapman Foundation, which provides scholarships to high school students and delivers school supplies and toys to the less fortunate. Chapman Foundation also gives a minimum of 250,000.00 per year to children in need, either within the Deep South or abroad.
Then came SHEEN Magazine – The Ultimate Beauty Guide for the Modern Day Woman – which Kimberly created, combining her love of beauty, hair, and fashion with her desire to promote self-love and appreciation in all woman everywhere. Of the bi-monthly print publication and online media source, Kimberly explains, “We keep our readers on target with the latest trends, products, and celebrity news, while educating, encouraging, and empowering woman to achieve their highest potential.”
Kimberly Chapman has been married to chemist William P. Chapman Jr. for over twenty-five years. They have two children, William “Tre” P. Chapman III and Antonia (Rafi-Diyn) Chapman-Merced, and three grandchildren, Rafi, Sofia, and Sasha.
