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Dan Schulman

President and CEO, PayPal
Dan Schulman

With extensive corporate experience and a lifelong commitment to social justice, Dan Schulman believes the private sector has a responsibility to serve multiple stakeholders and to improve the state of the world.   In 2021, Dan was ranked third on Fortune’s list of the World’s Greatest Leaders, an honor that recognized individuals for their leadership throughout the pandemic. The New York Urban League presented him with the 2021 Frederick Douglass Award, for his commitment to advancing the rights of generations of underserved Black Americans. He also received the Voices of Solidarity Award, presented by Vital Voices, for advocating on behalf of women and girls around the world. In 2020, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights honored Dan with the Ripple of Hope Award. He has frequently been recognized by Fortune as one of the top 20 Businesspersons of the Year and has received "Visionary Awards" from the Financial Health Network in 2018 and the Council for Economic Education in 2017 for his promotion of economic and financial literacy. Dan received the 2017 Brennan Legacy Award, established to honor the late Supreme Court justice and his career-long commitment to social justice and “common human dignity”. Dan is dedicated to building a world where everyone has access to economic opportunity, which he advances through his work as a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations and co-chair of the World Economic Forum's Steering Committee to promote global financial inclusion.