Dan Schulman

Dan Schulman is a transformative and accomplished leader with a proven track record of success at large public companies. His experience is distinguished by a unique combination of financial and operational leadership roles, and deep expertise across the telecommunications, technology and financial sectors. Dan had served on the Verizon Board of Directors since 2018 and was elected Lead Independent Director in December 2024 until being named CEO of Verizon in October 2025.

Prior to Verizon, Dan served for nine years as President and CEO of PayPal Holdings, Inc., where he led the company’s successful transformation to a global payments platform, tripling revenue from $8B to $30B, growing EPS five-fold and adding hundreds of millions of new customers to the PayPal platform across the globe. Before his tenure at PayPal, Dan held senior leadership roles at numerous leading public companies, including AT&T, where he became the youngest member of its senior executive team; Priceline, where he grew annual revenues from $20 million to nearly $1 billion over two years; Virgin Mobile USA, where he successfully built a pre-paid cellphone business; and American Express, where he expanded global mobile and online payment services.