THE FUSE

Levoyd E. Robinson has spent four decades turning a Howard University business degree into one of the most quietly influential credit investment platforms in American finance. As co-founder, chief executive officer and chief investment officer of Chicago-based CFI Partners, Robinson oversees more than $6 billion in assets under management, placing him among the small group of Black investors who have built institutional-scale alternative investment firms from the ground up. His inclusion on the ForbesBLK 50 Money Masters list of the wealthiest Black Americans in alternative investments reflects both the scale of the business he has built and the durability of a career that has moved from Wall Street trading desks to the upper tier of private credit.