Overview
Sam Laakso is a proud Finn, passionate about business development, markets, and gold. He has been interviewed by both local and international news agencies and is a regular guest on podcasts and radio shows focusing on investing and precious metals. Sam’s extensive knowledge of financial markets, economics, and gold stems from both profound academic research and first-hand working experience. He also has considerable experience in decision-making, business development, strategy implementation, and operational efficiency in business.
Experience
Sam is experienced in both exchange-traded and Over-The-Counter (OTC) derivatives, as well as trading platforms. He began investing at the age of 15, engaging with a diverse range of financial instruments including stocks, bonds, ETFs, currencies, commodities, options, futures, swaps, private equity, structured products, and precious metals. His finance career started with an internship during his first year of studies at Haaga-Helia UAS at a Dutch equity and derivatives broker. This internship took him to Amsterdam for three months in the summer of 2017, marking the beginning of his continuous expansion of knowledge in finance, markets, business, and gold.
At Voima Gold Ltd., Sam has made a stellar career progression, starting as a salesperson in 2019, growing to become a department head and eventually the Chief Operating Officer (COO). As the COO he has been responsible for strategy implementation, IT and product development, sales, and management of over half the staff. Under his leadership, he founded and developed Voima Miners, which has become the largest B2B wholesale trader and melter of recycled precious metals in Finland, boasting close to 30 million euros in annual revenue. Additionally, Sam has managed group-level hedging and trading strategies with annual trade values exceeding 70 million euros.
Sam’s military training and leadership experience in business have made him an expert in decision-making, business development, strategy implementation, and operational efficiency, equipped with a range of conventional and unconventional tactics to ensure mission success.
Research and Public Appearances
Sam holds a degree in Finance and Economics from Haaga-Helia UAS, frequently engaging as an alumni keynote speaker. He also studied business and economics at the Hang Seng University of Hong Kong. While studying in Hong Kong in 2018, Sam began writing his internationally recognized thesis, ‘The Future of Gold from 2019 to 2039’. Released in the spring of 2019, his thesis has been downloaded thousands of times globally and quoted by major global news agencies and numerous podcasts.
Throughout his career, Sam has delivered countless speeches to both small and large live audiences, with the largest having over 1,000 attendees. His talks primarily focus on gold and precious metals, but also cover economics, market analysis, and trading platforms. His radio and podcast appearances have amassed tens of thousands of listeners and views. One could say that Sam is also one hell of a speaker.
Contact
Follow Sam on X or connect with him on LinkedIn. He welcomes email correspondence at sam.laakso@outlook.com.
The views expressed on this website are solely his.