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Sam Yagan

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Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Corazon Capital, Corazon Capital

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Corazon Capital
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Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Corazon Capital
Role
Managing partner
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Record updated 18 September 2026

About

Sam Yagan serves as Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Corazon Capital, an early stage venture capital firm. He recently served as the Chief Executive Officer of ShopRunner, Inc., an ecommerce enablement platform; in 2020, he led the sale of ShopRunner to FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX). Prior to ShopRunner, Sam served as Vice-Chairman of Match Group (Nasdaq: MTCH), a position he assumed after leading the company as Chief Executive Officer through a period of explosive growth that culminated in its IPO in 2015.

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Education
Sam has a BA with honors in Applied Mathematics and Economics from Harvard College and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he earned distinction as a Siebel Scholar, an Arjay Miller Scholar, and the Henry Ford Scholar, the award granted to each class's valedictorian.Source (opens in a new tab)

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