Sam Gadkar is a Porsche Certified Brand Ambassador and a Porsche Exclusive Manufaktur Partner with over 16 years of experience in the automobile industry. He is also a recipient of Porsche’s Top 100 Worldwide Sales Excellence Award for 2017, one of only 23 recipients in the U.S.! His career experience spans the areas of sales, management and finance across a variety of automotive brands, attaining the title of “Most Valuable Employee” from a former employer. Sam’s love of cars is something he was born with; the design, the technology, the connection with the road. “My first car was a 1981 Jeep CJ7, a great car for me at the time. It connected my love of the outdoors and nature with my love of cars.”
“The feeling you get when you drive a Porsche is something that never leaves your soul. I love Porsche because of how it makes the driver feel- all of you senses are energized. Porsche is not just a sports car; it’s a culture of intelligent design, performance and efficiency. Porsche itself is an iconic brand.” Our dealership sets itself apart by treating customers like family. “Anyone who walks in the door knows this and feels it, I know it sounds cliché, but in our case, it’s true.” When working with one of his clients on searching for a rare Porsche, Sam remembered, “We found the Porsche at another dealership, and I was about to refer my client to them, at which point the client refused and said he wouldn’t want to do business with anyone else.” One of Sam’s favorite quotes read from Maya Angelou: “People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
Sam is active in the Long Island and New York City luxury sales community, having been asked to speak as a thought leader in areas of luxury sales and marketing. He is also active in several local and national car clubs, including the Jaguar Drivers’ Club of Long Island, Jaguar Clubs of North America, Mercedes-Benz Club of America, and of course, the Porsche Club of America (PCA), and Metro NY PCA.
Born in New Hyde Park, New York, Sam and his husband share a passion for cars—“our weekends are spent open-air motoring whenever possible in our Jaguar XKR and our Porsche 911 Targa” and love the day-to-day performance of their Porsche Cayenne S. While they don’t have children of their own, they love to spoil all six of their nieces, their nephew, their goddaughter and her brother. Sam also enjoys traveling, biking, hiking, driving, fine dining, live theatre and hanging out with the family dog, Sebastian.