Senior Affiliate, Partnership for Innovation, Cross-Sector Collaboration, Leadership, and Organization
Sam is the co-founder of Agora, a Korea-focused incubator that advances research, dialogue, and action on pressing public policy and social issues. Before co-founding Agora, Sam worked in development finance and private equity at the International Finance Corporation (part of the World Bank Group) and AMP Capital, where he focused on infrastructure investment opportunities.
He is also an independent researcher on South Korea’s aging population crisis. His prior research has examined topics including financial literacy education for older adults in South Korea and differences in risk tolerance among older populations in the United States and South Korea.
Sam is currently an MBA candidate at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a Master in Public Policy candidate at Harvard Kennedy School. He earned his BA in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE) from the University of Pennsylvania.
