Napoleon Wallace is the Co-Founder of Partners in Equity NC, an investment fund focused on supporting owner-occupied commercial real estate for Black- and women-owned businesses. He is also the Co-Founder of Activest, a fiscal justice research and investment advisory firm. With more than 20 years of experience in finance, entrepreneurship and community economic development, Napoleon has led and supported numerous successful impact efforts within private, public, and nonprofit sectors.
Most recently, Napoleon served as the Chief Investment Officer of the Southern Reconstruction Fund and Deputy Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Commerce. Over the course of his career, he has served as a Social Investment Officer at the Kresge Foundation, on the executive staff at Self-Help, as the turnaround CEO for two troubled CDFIs, and as an investment banker with Wells Fargo Capital Markets. Napoleon is a native of rural eastern North Carolina, the proud son of a teacher and a small-business owner.