Levy Family Partners

Overview

Levy Family Partners is the investment enterprise for Larry Levy, co-founder of Levy Restaurants, focusing on early-stage investments in information technology, retail, and restaurant industries. The firm manages the financial interests of the Levy family, with a focus on private equity, real estate, and direct investments across multiple sectors. Drawing on the family's operational experience, Levy Family Partners evaluates opportunities that align with long-term value creation—supports portfolio growth and diversification through active ownership and strategic capital deployment. The firm's investment strategy includes deploying patient capital to compound multigenerational wealth, with typical investments ranging from $50 million to $150 million in equity. Through its family office, Larry Levy has been a successful private equity and venture investor with stakes in such diverse companies as Intensity Therapeutics, Cleversafe, Home Depot Supply, Organic Life, Lakeview Investment Group, Nest, Popchips, Signal, SpaceX, Uber, Peloton, and Swipesense. Larry and his wife Carol created and endowed the Levy Institute of Entrepreneurial Practice and the Levy Social Entrepreneur Lab at Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. Larry serves on the boards of the Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, Lincoln Park Zoo, the Art Institute of Chicago and Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Larry received his B.S. and M.B.A. at Northwestern University.

Investment Focus

• Active ownership
• Strategic capital deployment
• Long-term value creation

Portfolio Companies