Ian Samuels
InvestorFounder & Managing Partner at New System Ventures · Board director at MetOx International
New York, New York, United States
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About
An investor and operator with a 20-year career spanning energy and climate finance, policy, business incubation, and cross-asset-class investing. Before founding New System Ventures he was a founding member of Nyca Partners and Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners, invested at Centerbridge Partners, started at Blackstone, and worked on financial crisis response and climate finance at the U.S. Treasury.
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Experience
- New System VenturesFounder & Managing Partnercurrent2022 — presentNew York, United States
- CruxFounding Investor & Advisorcurrent2023 — present
- Council on Foreign RelationsTerm Membercurrent2019 — present
- NewlabSenior Advisor2022 — 2023
- Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners (SIP)Partner2021 — 2022New York City Metropolitan Area
- Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners (SIP)Vice President2019 — 2021Greater New York City Area
- CavnueActing General Manager2020 — 2021
- Sidewalk LabsVice President2019Greater New York City Area
- Centerbridge PartnersPrincipal2014 — 2019
- Nyca PartnersFounding Advisor2013 — 2014Greater New York City Area
- Council on Foreign RelationsResearch Assistant2013 — 2014Greater New York City Area
- Department of TreasurySenior Policy Advisor2009 — 2013Washington D.C. Metro Area
- Department of TreasuryPolicy Advisor2009 — 2011
- The Blackstone GroupAnalyst2007 — 2009
- Banc of America SecuritiesSummer Analyst - Principal Finance Group2006
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- Who is Ian Samuels?
- An investor and operator with a 20-year career spanning energy and climate finance, policy, business incubation, and cross-asset-class investing. Before founding New System Ventures he was a founding member of Nyca Partners and Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners, invested at Centerbridge Partners, started at Blackstone, and worked on financial crisis response and climate finance at the U.S. Treasury.
- Where does Ian Samuels work?
- Ian Samuels is Founder & Managing Partner at New System Ventures and Board director at MetOx International.
- Where did Ian Samuels go to school?
- Ian Samuels studied at University of Pennsylvania; The Wharton School (Bachelor of Science (BS), Economics); The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
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