Kiko Davis has made history as the first African American woman to own a bank in the United States. She serves as the trustee of the Donald Davis Living Trust, the majority stockholder of First Independence Bank, which is the 10th largest African-American owned bank in the United States.
As a philanthropist, she is also the founder and president of the Don Davis Legacy Foundation to immortalize the legacy of her husband, Donald Davis. In addition, she works as the managing director of Groovesville Productions & Publishing L.L.C., which controls the rights of several Grammy Award-winning music catalogs.
In an interview with Rolling Out, she explained why Black female leadership is not only important but also effective. She said:
“We have an innate warrior spirit,”
“We possess a level of empathy for people in general with a higher level of sensitivity towards women and minorities. Often times, it’s a skill set that unfortunately some men and non-minorities do not possess. They simply are socialized differently. I believe in order to lead people effectively you must be able to understand them, or at least want to.”