Black Powerlist: Dean Forbes named as most influential black Briton

A man who was twice homeless as a teenager before becoming a multimillionaire entrepreneur has topped a list celebrating influential black Britons.Dean Forbes, who, after failing to make it as a professional footballer, began his career in a call centre, is now the boss of several software companies.He worked his way up from "abject poverty" on an estate in south-east London to become chief executive of Forterro,…