Samson Williams

Samson Williams joins us from Fort Lauderdale, Florida where he plys his trade as a classically trained anthropologist specializing in crisis management for banks, financial institutions, and the odd government agency. When not in Florida, Samson can be found in Washington, DC serving as CoFounder of MilkyWayEconomy, Washington DC’s premier space economic think tank. Since 2020 MilkyWayEconomy has been the economic facilitator for the United States Space Force Futures Workshops and, more recently, the Space Force Doctrine Group. Additionally, since 2023 MilkyWayEconomy has operated under a CRADA with AFRL-SpaceWerx. Building off this foundation of working with the deepest pockets in The Space Economy, Uncle Sam, and the DoD; Samson and his partner at MilkyWayEconomy, George Pullen has become the oddest VC couple in the MilkyWay; investing in over a dozen astrapreneur startups. When not leading the common sense revolution in space economics, Samson is an Adjunct Professor at the University of New Hampshire School of Law and an Instructor at Columbia University in NYC where he lectures on AI ethics, blockchain, cryptocurrencies, and the Space Economy.