Samer Hamadeh

Samer Hamadeh
Born Fresno, California, USA
Alma mater Stanford University
Occupation Entrepreneur

Samer Hamadeh is an American entrepreneur and the founder and CEO of on-demand massage delivery app Zeel Massage On Demand and co-founder and former CEO of Vault.com. The Zeel app was launched in the greater New York City area on April 2, 2013[1] and expanded to the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles Metropolitan Area and South Florida on August 29, 2014.[2]

Career

Hamadeh began his career as an associate at the Los Angeles management consulting firm L.E.K. Consulting,[3] where he focused on corporate and business strategy. Prior to that, he co-founded and managed a customized textbook printing company, worked at Chevron Corporation, and co-authored The Internship Bible and America’s Top Internships published by Random House's Princeton Review imprint.[4]

In 1996, Hamadeh co-founded Vault.com and served as CEO[5] until the company was sold to New York private equity firm Veronis Suhler Stevenson in October 2007.[6] His Vault.com co-founders were Mark Oldman and H.S. “Sam” Hamadeh.

Hamadeh sits on the board of the non-profit PeaceWorks Foundation[6] and is a board observer, angel investor, and advisor in two dozen early-stage companies, including Campusfood.com, SalesCrunch, Insidr.com, Splurgy, and PublicStuff.[3] Samer is also a mentor at several accelerators, including Blueprint Health, NYCSeedStart, and First Growth Venture Network, as well as a member of Young Presidents' Organization[3] and the Executive Board of Venture For America.[7]

Personal life

Hamadeh holds a BS in chemistry and an MS in chemical engineering from Stanford University and is a David Rockefeller Fellow.[8] He is an entrepreneur in residence at Lightspeed Venture Partners, which he joined in January 2010.[9] He is married to American television journalist Alison Harmelin.

External links

References

  1. ↑ "Zeel Relaunches As The Uber For Massage With New On-Demand, Mobile Booking Service". TechCrunch (TechCrunch). 2013-04-02. Retrieved 2014-09-10.
  2. ↑ "Taking Massage-On-Demand Nationwide, Zeel Rolls Out In Miami, LA, and SF Bay". TechCrunch (TechCrunch). 2014-08-29. Retrieved 2014-09-10.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Lightspeed Venture Partners > Samer Hamadeh".
  4. ↑ "Internship Bible, 2000 Edition".
  5. ↑ "Lightspeed Adds Former Vault.com CEO Samer Hamadeh As EIR".
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Vault.com Sells Majority Stake, Gains New CEO". ERE (ERE). 2007-09-25. Retrieved 2014-09-10.
  7. ↑ "The Venture For America Team".
  8. ↑ "Samer Hamadeh Executive Profile & Biography".
  9. ↑ "Vault.com Co-Founder Hamadeh Unlocking New Web Start-Up". Wall Street Journal (Wall Street Journal). 2010-03-06. Retrieved 2014-09-11.