Christina Lewis | |
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| Born | 1980 (age 44–45) |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur |
| Spouse | Daniel Halpern |
| Children | 3 |
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| Honors | Champion of Change, White House (2014) |
| Website | christinalewis |
Christina Lewis Halpern is an American social entrepreneur, investor, philanthropist, and writer.
Lewis 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]
Lewis 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]
Lewis lives in New York City with her husband and their three children.