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 & 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.Complementing his expertise in technology and telecommunications, Dan has an extensive background in cybersecurity and risk management. For nearly 20 years, he served as a director of NortonLifeLock (formerly Symantec Corporation), a global leader in cybersecurity, including six years as independent chairman. Dan has also served as a member of the Boards of Cisco and Flex, and as a member of the Board of Governors of Rutgers University. Dan is currently Lead Independent Director of Lazard, Inc., Chair of the Board of JUST Capital, a member of the Board of Trustees of The Paley Center for Media, and a board member of Cleveland Clinic. Dan’s leadership has received numerous accolades, including ranking third on Fortune’s list of the World’s Greatest Leaders, three consecutive appearances on Fortune’s list of the Top 20 Businesspersons of the Year, Fast Company’s Top 100 Most Creative People, and Glassdoor’s Top 50 CEOs. He is an avid mixed martial arts practitioner, focused on Krav Maga. Dan has been knighted as a chevalier in the Legion of Honor by President Macron of France, and was knighted as a Commander of the Order of the Oak by the Prime Minister and the Duke of Luxembourg.Dan earned a Bachelor’s degree from Middlebury College and an MBA in Finance from New York University’s Stern School of Business.