Samuel grew up with his brother, John (CoFounder and CTO, OnePointOne) in Wheelers Hill, Victoria, Australia. Samuel [and John] came to the United States to play collegiate tennis in 2011. Samuel captained his Division 1 Tennis team at Santa Clara University and graduated in 2016 with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, and in 2018 with a M.S. in Robotics and Mechatronics. While at Santa Clara, Samuel was involved in the creation of an autonomous marine vessel as well an autonomous omnidirectional robot. Samuel’s Master’s Capstone Project was the origin of OnePointOne’s technology.Samuel and John founded OnePointOne, Inc. in July of 2017 with a mission to nourish and heal the 1.1 billion people that began this millennium hungry. Since then,
Samuel has raised $60MM from notable investors such as Novak Djokovic, Fred Luddy, Blackhorn Ventures and HRH Khaled bin Alwaleed. With that funding, the incredible team at OnePointOne has built the most advanced vertical farming technology on the market. Samuel also sits on the Stanford University Engineering Board of Advisors as well as the Santa Clara University Engineering Board of Advisors. Sam was most recently awarded the 2021 Forbes 30U30 for Social Impact.