Sam Teller
InvestorPartner at Thrive Capital · Partner at Valor Equity Partners
New York, New York, United States
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512 people in our graph share verified history with Sam — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
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Sam: together at Tesla
Experience
- Thrive CapitalPartnercurrent2025 — presentNew York, United States
- The Elysian TheaterBoard Membercurrent2024 — presentLos Angeles, California, United States
- Southern California Institute of ArchitectureBoard Member2017 — 2025Los Angeles, California
- Valor Equity PartnersPartner2020 — 2023Los Angeles, California
- TeslaDirector, Office of the CEO2014 — 2019Palo Alto / Fremont, CA
- SpaceXDirector, Office of the CEO2014 — 2019Hawthorne, CA
- The Boring CompanyDirector, Office of the CEO2016 — 2019Hawthorne, California, United States
- NeuralinkDirector, Office of the CEO2016 — 2019San Francisco, CA
- OpenAIDirector, Office of the CEO2015 — 2018San Francisco, California, United States
- Launchpad LACo-Founder, Managing Director2011 — 2014Los Angeles, CA
- Silicon Valley (HBO)Consultant2013 — 2014
- FabFitFunCo-Founder, President2010 — 2012Los Angeles
- The Colbert ReportProduction Intern2006
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Languages French · Spanish
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Colleagues at Thrive Capital
Avery Klemmer
Investor at Thrive Capital
Chris Paik
General partner at Thrive Capital
Jared Weinstein
Partner at Thrive Capital
Josh Kushner
Founder & CEO of Thrive Capital
Kareem Zaki
Partner at Thrive Capital
Kelly Sims
Partner at Thrive Capital
Kyle Yuan
Investor at Thrive Capital
Nabil Mallick
Partner at Thrive Capital
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Sam Teller?
- Partner at Valor Equity Partners
- Where does Sam Teller work?
- Sam Teller is Partner at Thrive Capital.
- Where did Sam Teller go to school?
- Sam Teller studied at Harvard University (BA).
Founder mafias
OpenAI mafia103
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Reid HoffmanBoard MemberFounded LinkedIn +2Sam AltmanCo-founder & CEOFounded Tools for Humanity +2Elon MuskCo-founder & former Co-chair / board memberFounded PayPal +5Ilya SutskeverCo-founder & Chief ScientistFounded Safe SuperintelligenceAravind SrinivasResearch ScientistFounded PerplexityDario AmodeiVP of ResearchFounded Anthropic
+ 96 more
Thrive Capital mafia10
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Arne StrickmannSoftware EngineerFounded Emdash +1Kareem ZakiGeneral PartnerFounded NavaRaphael OuzanEntrepreneur In ResidenceFounded A TeamMalcolm-Wiley FloydInternFounded Stairs FinancialMichael C. Bassik, Ph.D.Venture PartnerFounded Stylus MedicineJett OristaglioInvestment Team InternFounded Ethosai
+ 3 more
Valor Equity Partners mafia4
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
The Boring Company mafia3
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Same school
Also attended Harvard University2,000
Ron ConwayFounder of SV AngelAlfred LinPartner at Sequoia CapitalChris DixonFounder & Managing Partner of a16z crypto at Andreessen HorowitzSarah TavelVenture Partner at BenchmarkDanny RimerPartner at Index VenturesLaela SturdyManaging Partner at CapitalG
+ 1,994 more
Shared employers
Also worked at Tesla265
Steve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesJoe GebbiaCo-founder of AirbnbJustin LiuVice President at Sapphire VenturesErica WaichmanHead of People & Community at Canvas VenturesBen FawEntrepreneur-in-Residence at Context VenturesBrock CsiraInvestor at Matter Venture Partners
+ 259 more
Also worked at Neuralink30
Michael RobinsonInvestor at Craft VenturesAndy HarrisonGeneral Partner, CEO at S32Abdo John HajjFounder of AJH Investments, a private investment office built for long-duration ownership.Randy GleinFounder and Managing Partner at DFJChris ShanahanPrincipal at DFJMo El-BibanyGeneral Partner at Page One Ventures
+ 24 more
Also worked at OpenAI180
Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockPat GradyPartner at Sequoia CapitalGreg BrockmanCo-founder & President of OpenAIIlya SutskeverCo-founder of OpenAI; co-founder & CEO of Safe SuperintelligenceAravind SrinivasCo-founder & CEO of Perplexity AIDario AmodeiCo-founder & CEO of Anthropic
+ 174 more
