Sami Ahmad
General Partner and Deputy CIO
- Function: Investment Team
- Location: Americas - New York
- Stage: Growth Stage
- Expertise: Technology
Sami Ahmad is a General Partner and Deputy CIO at B Capital. He is responsible for shaping and executing the organization’s investment strategy, managing investment committee processes and overseeing portfolio management. Sami is focused on strategic minority and control investments in technology and tech-enabled services companies. At B Capital, he has invested in and/or serves on the board of companies such as Odeko, Synack, Extend and Fountain, among others.
Sami has more than two decades of investment and leadership experience across the alternative asset classes. He was previously Co-Head of the Private Technology Opportunities and Private Equity Co-Investment Partners platforms within the External Investing Group at Goldman Sachs and led the group’s growth equity and technology investments. In addition to his experience at Goldman Sachs and its portfolio companies, Sami was a senior member of Viking Global Investors, where he co-led the firm’s private investment effort. He spent the earlier part of his career at J.P. Morgan and Salomon Smith Barney.
Sami earned an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA in Economics from Hunter College. He is based in New York.