Sam S.

President & CEO at Customers Bank

📍 United States, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 5 investments📅 14 years investing🗓 Last invested Nov 2025
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Aug 2018
Megalith Financial Acquisition Corp. is a publicly traded investment vehicle formed for the purpose of acquiring or merging with one or more businesses in the financial technology or financial services industries. The company raised approximately $170 million through an IPO in August 2018. The Sponsor of MFAC is comprised of its board and management, which is a renowned group of investors and operators who have built and grown several multi-billion dollar companies. The Sponsor and Board includes Jay Sidhu, Chairman and CEO of Customers Bank and Bank Mobile and formerly Chairman and CEO of Sovereign Bank; Chad Hurley, Co Founder and former CEO of YouTube and early team member at PayPal; Raj Date, Managing Director of Fenway Summer Ventures and former Deputy Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Eric Frank, CEO of Silver Lake backed Lightbox, LLC and former President at Thomson Reuters; Bhanu Choudhrie, a global private equity investor; and Kuldeep Malkani a former portfolio manager at Seneca Capital. Day to day operations of MFAC are managed by the CEO and Director Sam Sidhu, who is the founder of Megalith Capital Management; the President, A.J. Dunklau, an operating executive formerly at AGDATA, LP; and Phil Watkins, a Principal and Investment Committee Member at Megalith Capital, who serves as CFO.
CEO and Member of the Board
Aug 2018
Megalith Financial Acquisition Corp. is a publicly traded investment vehicle formed for the purpose of acquiring or merging with one or more businesses in the financial technology or financial services industries. The company raised approximately $170 million through an IPO in August 2018. The Sponsor of MFAC is comprised of its board and management, which is a renowned group of investors and operators who have built and grown several multi-billion dollar companies. The Sponsor and Board includes Jay Sidhu, Chairman and CEO of Customers Bank and Bank Mobile and formerly Chairman and CEO of Sovereign Bank; Chad Hurley, Co Founder and former CEO of YouTube and early team member at PayPal; Raj Date, Managing Director of Fenway Summer Ventures and former Deputy Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Eric Frank, CEO of Silver Lake backed Lightbox, LLC and former President at Thomson Reuters; Bhanu Choudhrie, a global private equity investor; and Kuldeep Malkani a former portfolio manager at Seneca Capital. Day to day operations of MFAC are managed by the CEO and Director Sam Sidhu, who is the founder of Megalith Capital Management; the President, A.J. Dunklau, an operating executive formerly at AGDATA, LP; and Phil Watkins, a Principal and Investment Committee Member at Megalith Capital, who serves as CFO.
Member of the Board
2012
New York Needs You (NYNY) aims to level the playing field for first-generation and low-income college students in New York City. NYNY closes the opportunity gap through its intensive college success and career development Fellowship program that enables high-potential, first-generation college students to realize their professional and personal ambitions. NYNY’s intensive two-year program includes bi-weekly career workshops where Fellows develop relationships with more than 200 highly accomplished mentor-coaches and engage with community and business leaders.Visit www.newyorkneedsyou.org for more information.
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2025
Board Member
Nov 2025
First Tee – Metropolitan New York empowers young people through the game of golf, helping them build character, confidence, and life skills that last a lifetime. With campuses across The Bronx, Nassau and Suffolk Counties (Long Island), Plainfield West 9 Golf Club and Weequahic Park (New Jersey), and Dyker Beach, Chelsea Piers, and Game On Golf in Westchester, NY (via City Parks Foundation), we’re proud to serve diverse communities throughout the metro area. Our dedicated coaches and educators deliver a proven, research-based curriculum that combines golf instruction with life skills development, reaching youth who have historically lacked access to the sport. At First Tee – Metro NY, we believe every young person deserves the opportunity to succeed—on and off the course.
2022
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2022
Fairview Housing Partners is dedicated to expanding access to quality, affordable homes in communities where they are most needed. Our acquisition and development work includes: • Owning and developing affordable housing properties through joint ventures with industry partners • Preserving affordability restrictions on existing apartments, particularly those that are at risk of converting to market-rate • Expanding affordability restrictions to previously unrestricted conventional “naturally occurring affordable housing” • Facilitating capital investments that improve the physical condition, sustainability and resiliency of affordable homes.
2018
Board Member
Aug 2018
Megalith Financial Acquisition Corp. is a publicly traded investment vehicle formed for the purpose of acquiring or merging with one or more businesses in the financial technology or financial services industries. The company raised approximately $170 million through an IPO in August 2018. The Sponsor of MFAC is comprised of its board and management, which is a renowned group of investors and operators who have built and grown several multi-billion dollar companies. The Sponsor and Board includes Jay Sidhu, Chairman and CEO of Customers Bank and Bank Mobile and formerly Chairman and CEO of Sovereign Bank; Chad Hurley, Co Founder and former CEO of YouTube and early team member at PayPal; Raj Date, Managing Director of Fenway Summer Ventures and former Deputy Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Eric Frank, CEO of Silver Lake backed Lightbox, LLC and former President at Thomson Reuters; Bhanu Choudhrie, a global private equity investor; and Kuldeep Malkani a former portfolio manager at Seneca Capital. Day to day operations of MFAC are managed by the CEO and Director Sam Sidhu, who is the founder of Megalith Capital Management; the President, A.J. Dunklau, an operating executive formerly at AGDATA, LP; and Phil Watkins, a Principal and Investment Committee Member at Megalith Capital, who serves as CFO.
CEO and Member of the Board
Aug 2018
Megalith Financial Acquisition Corp. is a publicly traded investment vehicle formed for the purpose of acquiring or merging with one or more businesses in the financial technology or financial services industries. The company raised approximately $170 million through an IPO in August 2018. The Sponsor of MFAC is comprised of its board and management, which is a renowned group of investors and operators who have built and grown several multi-billion dollar companies. The Sponsor and Board includes Jay Sidhu, Chairman and CEO of Customers Bank and Bank Mobile and formerly Chairman and CEO of Sovereign Bank; Chad Hurley, Co Founder and former CEO of YouTube and early team member at PayPal; Raj Date, Managing Director of Fenway Summer Ventures and former Deputy Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Eric Frank, CEO of Silver Lake backed Lightbox, LLC and former President at Thomson Reuters; Bhanu Choudhrie, a global private equity investor; and Kuldeep Malkani a former portfolio manager at Seneca Capital. Day to day operations of MFAC are managed by the CEO and Director Sam Sidhu, who is the founder of Megalith Capital Management; the President, A.J. Dunklau, an operating executive formerly at AGDATA, LP; and Phil Watkins, a Principal and Investment Committee Member at Megalith Capital, who serves as CFO.
2012
Board Member
2012
What we believe in: At Customers Bank, we are dedicated to providing exceptional value, service and convenience as part of an overall effortless banking experience. Our high-tech, high-touch approach to banking allows us to deliver a superior selection of products and services. Who we serve: We’re a community-based, full-service bank that offers a continually expanding portfolio of loans to small businesses, multi-family projects, mortgage companies and consumers nationwide with locations in Illinois, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Texas. Our way of banking: Our approach to banking is built on three core pillars – commitment to human connections, dedication to innovation and the latest technology, as well as our responsibility to ground innovation in our deep experience and reliable financial foundation. We’re focused on our customers, employees, and investors every day — connecting them to real opportunities, helping them grow, and doing it all with speed and agility so they can get further, faster. More information: To learn more, visit us at http://customersbank.com. Customers Bank, a subsidiary of Customers Bancorp, Inc., is an equal opportunity lender and a member of the Federal Reserve System with deposits insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Customers Bancorp, Inc. voting common shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol CUBI. Member FDIC - Equal Housing Lender. Privacy Policy: We discourage Customers Bank customers from sharing personal identification data such as account numbers, social security numbers, or phone numbers on social media. Please send a direct message if you have questions regarding your account. To learn more, visit our website at https://www.customersbank.com/privacy-notice/.
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