Samson Sam Lee

Samson (or SAM) Lee is a serial tech-entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience in AI, blockchain, cryptoasset, token sale / ICO, digital entertainment, new media, social media, mobile/e-commerce, IoT and consumer devices. He has proven track records creating, investing, incubating, operating, and capitalizing successful e-ventures in APAC regions. Sam is Founder & CEO of CoinStreet Partners, which is the next generation “decentralized investment bank”, enabling the business eco-system in the new era of crypto-economy. Being a leading player in the Fintech and Blockchain areas, Coinstreet operates in 6 business segments including Token Finance Consultancy, Crypto Asset & Wealth Management (including blocktrade), Crypto Exchange and Token Generation Platform, Investor Relations & Marketing, Media & Events and DTL Technology Solutions. Sam is Founding Chairman of Belt & Road TechFin Alliance, Co-founder of the Blockchain Centre of Hong Kong, Co-Founder of Ethereum south China and south Asia communities; Chief Crypto-economic Advisor of Gibraltar Blockchain Exchange. Sam is a business innovator. Throughout the years, he has commercialized many ground breaking digital services and e-business operations across in Asia, including world’s first “charge-to-bill” mobile VAS payment service in 2000 with Hutchison Telecom, world’s first verified-by-VISA SMS payment service with VISA and Bank of China in 2002, world’s first mobile e-wallet in 2003 with HKCSL, Asia’s first O2O e-commerce in 2004 with Li & Fung Group, Asia’s first premium Hollywood movies VOD service in 2006 with HGC and Chunghwa Telecom, and world’s first 4G premium VOD service in 2012 with China Mobile, and advised/funded over 20 blockchain projects with market cap. of over USD 2B. Sam graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce from the University of Toronto, and an MBA and a Master of Science degrees from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology - School of Business and Management.