Daniel H. Schulman
Chief Executive Officer of Verizon Communications Inc.
Other public company boards:
Lazard, Inc. (since February 2024)
Cisco Systems, Inc. (since 2023)
PayPal Holdings, Inc. (2015-2023)
A successful and dynamic leader with a track record of success at large public companies, Dan has a unique combination of financial and operational leadership, as well as deep expertise in the telecommunications, technology and financial sectors.
Prior to joining Verizon, Dan was the 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. He has also held senior leadership roles at numerous large public companies, including 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, American Express, where he expanded global mobile and online payment services, and AT&T.
In addition to his expertise in technology and experience in the telecommunications field, Dan has extensive cybersecurity and risk management experience as a director of NortonLifeLock (formerly Symantec Corporation), a global leader in cybersecurity, for nearly 20 years. He also served as the independent chairman for six years.
Dan is a board member of Lazard, Inc., and Cisco Systems. He is also Board Chair of JUST Capital and Vice Chairman and Managing Partner of Valor Capital Group.
Dan earned a Bachelor’s degree from Middlebury College and an MBA in Finance from New York University’s Stern School of Business.