Aaron Samuels

Aaron Samuels

Aaron Samuels is the Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Blavity Inc., a digital media company that creates content for Black millennials. He co-founded Blavity in 2014 and served as COO until 2021.156

Key Facts about Aaron Samuels

• Founder and Managing Partner of Collide Capital, a venture capital firm focused on backing diverse founding teams14
• Born and raised in Providence, RI to a Black and Jewish household4
• Graduated magna cum laude from Washington University in St. Louis with a BSBA in Economics & Strategy and Philosophy134
• Received his MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business as an Arbuckle Leadership Fellow14
• Forbes 30 Under 30 list member and nationally-acclaimed spoken word artist14
• Author of the poetry collection "Yarmulkes and Fitted Caps"24

Samuels' experience spans entrepreneurship, media, strategy consulting, and venture capital. He co-founded Blavity to create a digital community and media platform for Black millennials.156 Blavity reaches over 60 million people per month.6

Prior to Blavity, Samuels worked as a strategy consultant at Bain & Company and a product manager at TeleSign.1 He is now focused on backing diverse founders through his venture capital firm Collide Capital.14