- Founded
- 1958
- Employees
- 33,000
Founded by Dee Hock, Roeland Van der Stappen in 1958.
About Visa
Visa Inc. is an American multinational payment technology company that facilitates electronic funds transfers worldwide through its Visa-branded credit cards, debit cards, and prepaid cards. Founded in 1958 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Visa does not issue cards or extend credit but instead provides financial institutions with branded payment products and operates VisaNet, which processed 257.5 billion transactions in 2025. The company employs approximately 33,000 people globally.
Leadership at Visa
The team at the top of the org chart.
Ryan McInerney
CEO
6,122 reports
Rajat Taneja
President, Technology
2,234 reports
Malini Dutta
Senior Vice President
663 reports
Frank Cooper III
Chief Marketing Officer
663 reports
Jack Forestell
Chief Product and Strategy Officer
376 reports
Robert Steinmetz
Senior Vice President, Strategy, Pricing & Commercialization
349 reports
Oliver Jenkyn
Group President, Global Markets
286 reports
Andres Vives
Visa’s Chief Data Officer
256 reports
Kimberly Lawrence
President, North America, Visa
239 reports
Board
Francisco Javier Fernández-Carbajal
Director
Teri L. List
Director
Kermit R. Crawford
Director
Denise M. Morrison
Director
William Ready
Director
Alfred F. Kelly, Jr.
Executive Chairman