By the 1990s, Marlon began to pursue multiple business ventures. He founded the Major Broadcasting Cable (MBC) Network in 1999, in Atlanta with Alvin James, which was the first minority-owned and operated cable network. Marlon and his business partners brought the network to more than 15 million homes in a three-year span. In 2004, the network became known as the Black Family Channel and was sold in 2007.
In 2008, Marlon and two business partners founded The Motherland Group, LLC. The Motherland Group, LLC is the first African-American owned company to bring awareness and recognition to the ancient city of Badagry, located forty miles Northwest of Lagos, Nigeria. As President and CEO, Marlon drives the vision “to develop a historical resort for travel, education, and tourism,” unparalleled in the tourism industry today.
Continuing his philanthropic and humanitarian efforts, Marlon and wife, Carol, established the Direct Community Assistance Program in 1990. As part of this mandate, his family prepares and distributes meals to the homeless in San Diego’s downtown district on a weekly basis.
Marlon has three children; Valencia, Brittany and Marlon, Jr.