Operating Executive

Samantha Bufton

Samantha Bufton joined Silver Lake in 2024 and is an Operating Executive. Prior to Silver Lake, she was COO & President at Poppulo where she led sales, marketing, customer, product, design, and engineering. Prior to Poppulo, Samantha was EVP/General Manager at Momentive.ai (formerly SurveyMonkey), responsible for the core surveys business. Previously, Samantha led product management and engineering teams at Facebook, Intuit, FanSnap, and Yahoo! and she was a member of Autodesk’s Corporate Development team driving diligence and integration. Samantha holds an M.B.A. from the University of Oxford and a B.S.c. in Computer Science from the University of Hertfordshire.