ABOUT Khadijah

Born in Montgomery, AL, and raised in Savannah, GA, Khadijah A. Robinson has led an impressive career as a lawyer, entrepreneur, and innovator in her years working in the legal and tech industries. After graduating from Spelman College, Khadijah received a MSc from the University College London and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. 

In 2019, after recognizing how hard it was to systemically support Black entrepreneurs and brands, Khadijah started The Nile List, an online discovery platform for Black-owned ecommerce brands. Although the journey as a solo founder is not an easy one, The Nile List found immediate success in a climate that valued online shopping and buying Black. In 2020, just 3 weeks after the public launch of The Nile List, she won the first ever virtual Black Girl Ventures Pitch Competition. She went on to participate in programs like Founders Gym and partner with entities such as Shopify.

Prior to her founding The Nile List, Khadijah worked as an associate at renowned law firm Covington & Burling LLP, based in Washington, DC, where she had 100% success rate representing white collar and pro bono clients in everything from DOJ investigations to murder trials. It was while at Covington that Khadijah founded and led The Nile List until it was acquired by Sean Combs to be a part of Empower Global in June 2021.

Following the acquisition of The Nile List by Combs Enterprises and Empower Global, led by Sean “Love” Combs, Khadijah served as CEO of Empower Global for 2 years, overseeing development and spearheading all Empower Global efforts to build an innovative curated marketplace of Black-owned brands.

Khadijah has secured commitments for millions of dollars in capital in her career, built revenue generating partnerships, and scaled teams by 20x. Khadijah and her work have been featured in several well-known industry publications, including The Grio, Forbes, CNBC, Today.com, Oprah Daily, BUST Magazine, and more. More importantly, Khadijah has committed to community-building in all aspects of her work and life, from her pro bono work as an attorney to her current service with non-profits such as Students Without Mothers. 

Khadijah consults with a wide range of entrepreneurs, focusing heavily on process building, go-to-market strategy, team building and hiring, fundraising, and operational organization. She also serves as a business coach to early-stage founders looking to scale their companies – while remaining sane and whole! Khadijah is also a Fractional COO, and is the Chief Operating Officer for The Majira Project, a business accelerator, backed by Boston Consulting Group, for underrepresented founders.

But, she is more than just her work and accomplishments. Khadijah lives life as a free Black girl who travels, shops (with the dopest Black businesses, of course), writes about the insidiousness of white supremacy, tries to keep her plants alive, and bakes (an absolutely amazing carrot cake, in case anyone was wondering). She will tell you exactly what’s on her mind at any given time, and has gotten into good trouble for it often. This website reflects her journey as a whole person who roots for everybody Black in a myriad of ways, not just through her work as a consultant, an executive, and an entrepreneur. Welcome!