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Christina Lewis
Christina Lewis Halpern is an American social entrepreneur, investor, philanthropist, and writer. Life and educationLewis was born around 1980.[1] She grew up in New York City with her parents and sister. Her father, Reginald F. Lewis, was a pioneer on Wall Street and the first African American to own a billion-dollar company in the US.[2][3][4] Her mother, Loida Nicolas Lewis, is a Filipino-born American businesswoman who served as Chair and CEO of TLC Beatrice after her husband died.[5] Lewis attended Harvard University where she graduated in 2002 with an A.B. in French and American History Literature.[6] CareerLewis is the Founder of Beatrice Advisors, an independent, woman- and minority-owned multi-family office, that she launched in June 2024.[7] It is the first business of its kind owned by a Black woman. In 2020, Christina founded Giving Gap (formerly Give Blck) a nationally-recognized platform that has channeled millions of dollars to Black causes around the United States.[8] In 2013, she founded All Star Code, a computer science education non-profit that dramatically increased awareness of the underrepresentation of boys of color in tech.[9] The Obama Whitehouse honored Lewis as a Champion of Change in 2014.[10] Lewis is an Executive Producer of an untitled biopic, based on her father financier Reginald Lewis’ life and posthumously-published memoir “Why Should White Guys Have All the Fun?” The project is being developed by Charles King of MACRO.[11] She is also a member of the WIE Suite and Vice Chair of The Reginald F. Lewis Foundation. In the early years of her career Lewis was an award-winning journalist, and spent five years as a staff writer for the Wall Street Journal and one year as a ‘night cops’ reporter in Stamford, CT.[12][13] Personal lifeLewis lives in New York City with her husband and their three children. References
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