Sam Hamilton
InvestorAdvisor — Investor & Advisor | ex-SVP Data & AI, Visa at 1Flourish Capital
San Francisco Bay Area
About
Sam Hamilton is a technology executive and investor with over 25 years of leadership experience in enterprise data, AI platforms, and global payment ecosystems. He previously served as SVP, Data & AI at Visa and VP of Data at PayPal, and held earlier leadership roles at Yahoo and eBay's Shopping.com. As an investor and advisor, he focuses on data, machine learning, AI, generative AI, responsible AI, and sustainable innovation.
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureFintech
Experience
- DapientCEOcurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- 1Flourish CapitalInvestor & Advisorcurrent2026 — presentMountain View, California, United States
- ASPR AIExecutive Advisorcurrent2026 — present
- EXLStrategic Advisorcurrent2026 — present
- Synergetics.aiInvestor, Distinguished Advisor, AIcurrent2026 — present
- AI Applied ConsortiumMember, Board of Trusteescurrent2025 — present
- SDG Digital Transformation and Sustainability Solutions LabMember, AI & Tech Advisory Boardcurrent2025 — present
- S&F Hamilton FoundationCo-Founder, S&F Hamilton Foundationcurrent2023 — present
- Garner C-level CommunitiesGoverning Body Co-chair2024 — 2026San Francisco Bay Area
- VisaSVP, Data and AI @ Visa2015 — 2026San Francisco Bay Area
- PayPalVice President, Data2012 — 2015San Jose, CA
- Shopping.comVice President & CTO2008 — 2012Brisbane, CA
- Yahoo Inc.VP Engineering, Yahoo! Advertising Systems2004 — 2008Sunnyvale, CA
- SelecticaVP Engineering2000 — 2004San Jose, CA
- Informix (now IBM)Director of Engineering1991 — 2000Menlo Park, California
- Stanford Business SoftwareSoftware Engineer1987 — 1990Palo Alto, California, United States
Skills & more
Technology Management5Higher Education Research5Information Technology Infrastructure3University Lecturing1Guest Lecturing1Scalability99Hadoop33Big Data52Distributed Systems52Cloud Computing92SaaS59Agile Methodologies99
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Product ManagementEnterprise SoftwareE-commerceMobile DevicesMobile ApplicationsSoftware DevelopmentAnalyticsSystem ArchitectureStart-upsSoftware EngineeringScrumStrategyFrom Sam's professional profile.
Shared employers
Also worked at PayPal108
Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundReid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockRoelof BothaAdvisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board memberDavid SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; former White House AI & Crypto CzarKeith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesJoe LonsdaleFounder & Managing Partner of 8VC
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Also worked at Yahoo Inc.227
Jess LeePartner and Chief Product Officer at Sequoia CapitalMike SpeiserManaging Director at Sutter Hill VenturesFrédérique DameInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Marcie VuPartner at GreycroftIsabelle PhelpsPartner at Lerer HippeauPaul LevineOperating Partner at Sapphire Ventures
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Colleagues at 1Flourish Capital
Allen McClinton
Director of Strategic Growth at 1Flourish Capital
Amy Warner
COO & Co-Founder, Upfront at 1Flourish Capital
Bill Hooper
Investing Partner at 1Flourish Capital
David Lane
Founding Partner at 1Flourish Capital
Etienne Elie
Technology | Leadership & Culture | AI at 1Flourish Capital
Mike Torre
ex-Director, Technical Operations at Google at 1Flourish Capital
Neil Ahlsten
Managing Partner at 1Flourish Capital
Nersi Nazari
Founder & Executive Chairman, VitalConnect at 1Flourish Capital