Sam Koppelman | |
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| Alma mater | Harvard University (AB) |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Known for | Mayday Health Hunterbrook |
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| Relatives | Charles Koppelman (grandfather) |
Sam Koppelman is an American entrepreneur, author, speechwriter, and journalist. He is the co-founder of Mayday Health and Hunterbrook.
Koppelman was raised in New York City. the son of television writer Brian Koppelman and author Amy Koppelman. [1] He graduated from the Ethical Culture Fieldston School before attending Harvard University, where he obtained a degree in government in 2018. [2] While at Harvard he wrote for The Harvard Crimson. [3]
After graduating from Harvard, Koppelman became a speechwriter for Michael Bloomberg and worked full-time for Fenway Strategies, a communications firm founded by Jon Favreau that Koppelman joined while he was still a student. [4] [5] [6] While at Fenway, Koppelman also co-wrote books with former U.S. attorney general Eric Holder and Neal Katyal, and worked for Joe Biden's successful 2020 campaign as a speechwriter. [7] [8] [9]
After the Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson, Koppelman, founded Mayday Health along with Nathaniel Horwitz, who he met at The Harvard Crimson, and Olivia Raisner. The nonprofit focused on providing information on abortion access in the United States. [10]
In 2023, Koppelman and Horwitz co-founded Hunterbrook, an investigate journalism outlet and hedge fund. [11] The newsroom's first investigation focused on alleged fraud at United Wholesale Mortgage. [12] In June 2025, Hunterbrook reported that B-2 bombers had departed an Air Force base in Missouri, hours before the United States bombed nuclear sites in Iran. [13]
Koppelman lives in East Village. [14] While ancestrally Jewish, Koppelman has said he is an atheist. [15]