# Sam Lewis

> Sam Lewis is the New York-based founder and CEO of Fruitful, a personal finance platform combining certified financial planners with automated money movement. Previously a product leader at Mastercard and a consultant at Applied Predictive Technologies, he focuses on helping Americans put financial advice into practice.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at Fruitful
- **Organizations:** Fruitful, Mastercard, Applied Predictive Technologies
- **Education:** History modified with Economics; Public Policy minor, as described in a 2012 student biography, Dartmouth College, Transfer term during sophomore winter, University of Sydney
- **Known for:** Helped design APT training used for more than 500 new hires, as discussed with Glenn Gow., Led product work at Mastercard following its acquisition of APT., Built Fruitful, which reported $37 million raised and thousands of members across all 50 states in public interviews.

## Career timeline

- **2012** — Dartmouth student biography describes Rockefeller Center work, law journal editing, club baseball and a planned consulting internship.
- **2015** — Applied Predictive Technologies, where Lewis worked, was acquired by Mastercard.
- **2015–2022** — Worked at Mastercard following the APT acquisition, eventually becoming a product leader; public career listings place his departure in March 2022.
- **2023** — Fruitful launched its financial membership.
- **2025-02** — Fruitful launched Cash & Card with banking infrastructure from Synctera.
- **2025-09** — Fruitful announced Money Map.
- **2026-02** — Appeared on the Andrew Yang Podcast and The Scaling CEO Podcast.

## Achievements

- Helped design APT training used for more than 500 new hires, as discussed with Glenn Gow.
- Led product work at Mastercard following its acquisition of APT.
- Built Fruitful, which reported $37 million raised and thousands of members across all 50 states in public interviews.

## Latest updates

- **2026-02** — Discussed automated personal finance on the Andrew Yang Podcast, published February 23.
- **2026-02** — Discussed startup leadership, training and AI on The Scaling CEO Podcast, published February 25.
- **2026-01** — Joined Bobby Ma on the Wharton FinTech Podcast to discuss Fruitful’s membership model and income allocation.

## Links

- Website: https://www.fruitful.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samwyominglewis

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Last updated: 2026-10-26