Samuel Schwartz

Sam is Senior Managing Partner and a Founder of Comcast Interactive Capital (CIC), the $350 million venture capital fund affiliated with Comcast Corporation, a diversified global leader in cable television, broadband services, telecommunications, electronic commerce, and entertainment. CIC's primary goal is to generate financial returns from equity investments in private technology companies through strategic synergies with Comcast.

Sam focuses on broadband and interactive technologies and serves on the Boards of Directors of Intellon and Softbank Capital. In addition, Sam advises and participates at Comcast on strategic issues related to new products, technology and business opportunities.

Prior to joining Comcast in March of 1999, Sam spent time as an investor in communications and software companies. Prior to his work in venture capital, Sam was a Manager at The Boston Consulting Group and a consultant at Booz, Allen & Hamilton. Sam began his career as a software engineer.

Sam holds a Master of Business Administration in Finance from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, graduating as a Palmer Scholar, and received a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania's School of Engineering & Applied Science.