Sam Lee
Founder & CEO, Coinstreet
Biography
Mr. Samson Lee (or Sam), is a prominent entrepreneur and FinTech executive with over 25 years’ experience in the digital economy industries. He has been committed to promoting the development of the "Third Generation Internet" (Web3) industry, and has facilitated and commercialized a number of breakthrough Web3, blockchain and digital asset projects in the international market.
Currently, Sam is the Founder & CEO of Coinstreet, an award-winning professional advisory and consulting firm in the Digital Asset sector founded in 2017. Coinstreet is parent company of Signum Digital who obtained the first approval on Security Token Offering (STO) and Subscription Platform in Hong Kong from SFC. iSHANG, a Coinstreet' s group member company, provides a total solution of Web3-as-a-Service technology platform, turnkey enterprise solutions and practical consulting service, empowering mainstream brands and enterprises on Web3 transformation of their businesses.
Mr. Lee graduated with an MBA and a Master of Science degrees from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Toronto. LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samsonlee/
Sam is very active in supporting the development of the Fintech & Web3 industry in Hong Kong. Some of his achievements include –
- Winner of the “Asia Futurist Leadership Award” organized by the "Association of Family Offices in Asia";
- Winner of 2021 the Fintech Proof-of-Concept Subsidy Schemeorganized by The Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau (FSTB) of Hong Kong;
- Winner of “Security Tokens Realised Awards London 2020”;
- Co-organizer of TADS Awards (www.TADSawards.org) – the world’s first international award for Tokenized Assets and Digitized Securities
- Co-organizer of the Digital Asset Series / DAS (https://digitalassetseries.org/) – a series of seminars that aim to provide free education for the general public about the ever-growing landscape of digital assets and facilitate mass adoption.
- Co-author of "Digital Asset" chapter of "Welcome to the New Era of Finance - Hong Kong's Fintech Practice and Prospect" book published by Hong Kong University of Science and Technology;
- Co-chairman of "Asia Pacific Digital Economy Institute";
- Co-founder and co-chairman of "Hong Kong Web3 Association";
- Co-Founder of the Ethereum Shenzhen Community;
- Independent Director of DSS (NYSE:DSS).