Entrepreneur and Philanthropist
Dr. Willie Wilson is a highly successful entrepreneur and philanthropist, whose humble beginnings hardly predicted the success he has attained. Born in Gilbert, Louisiana, the son of a sharecropper, migrated to Chicago, IL when he was thirteen years old. Chicago is where he obtained his financial independence as a successful business owner. Wilson owned five McDonald’s franchises (which he subsequently sold) and became the founder and Chairman of the Board of Omar Medical Supplies, Inc. Omar Medicals is one of the America’s fastest growing international medical supply companies. Wilson’s brainchild Singsation, another business entity, is the first nationally syndicated, black owned and produced gospel program on commercial television. This opened the door to Willie Wilson Productions, a television production and recording company. Wilson has served on the Board of the Chicago Baptist Institute and as the Chairman of the Governor’s Task Force on Fair Practices in Contracting.
During the pandemic, Dr. Wilson gave away more than twenty-seven million face masks in the Chicagoland area. He also donated more than three million dollars to churches experiencing financial difficulties and to people laid off work due to COVID. Dr. Wilson delights in the fact that through his companies, he provides employment opportunities and financial resources for his employees. Most recently, Dr. Wilson donated over three million dollars to the homeless and to senior citizens, as well as instituted county-wide gas and food giveaways. He feels the pulse of the people and responds accordingly. Dr. Wilson resides in the Chicagoland area with his wife of twenty-five years, Janette Wilson. Dr. Wilson has four adult children. He has an unshakeable faith, resonating God’s mastery in taking care of humanity.
Degrees and Honors
Doctor of Divinity, Mt. Carmel Theological Seminary
Doctor of Humane Letters, Chicago Baptist Institute International
Doctor of Philosophy in Music and Sacred Art, Midwest Theological Institute of Indiana
Honorary Doctorate in Humanitarianism, Swisher Bible College