Dan Schulman

Biography

Schulman was born in New Jersey, Newark, and matured up in Princeton, New Jersey. He was leader of the tennis and lacrosse teams at Princeton High School, and went on to accept a bachelor's degree in economics from Middlebury College, and master’s degree as an MBA from business school- New York University Stern School.

His father, Mel Schulman, was a chemical engineer. His mother, S. Ruth Schulman, was subordinate dean of Rutgers' Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology (GSAPP) from 1974 to 1999.

Schulman the minute told The New York Times, "I was born with social involvement in my DNA. My grandfather was a union planner in the clothing district in New York City. My mother took me to a civil rights demonstration in Washington in my buggy.

Business background

Schulman initiated his business career at AT&T, occupied more than 18 years there and fetching the newest member of the company's senior executive team. Schulman on the go at an entry-level account management location; when he left AT&T, he was president of the $22 billion customer long-distance business, handling 40,000 employees.

He then turns out to be the president and COO, and then CEO of Priceline.com. Throughout his two years nearby, Priceline's yearly revenues raised from a reported $20 million to around $1 billion.

In 2001, Richard Branson requested Schulman to develop the creation CEO of Virgin Mobile USA, Inc. Schulman led the business from its national launch in 2002 to it becoming a public company in 2007. Eventually the sale passed to Sprint Nextel in 2009. His lease at the company was well-known by the company's development as the "no hidden fees" carrier. By the period Schulman left Virgin Mobile, it had develop one of the country's top wireless carriers, with more than 5 million clients and $1.3 billion in yearly sales. Succeeding the sale of Virgin Mobile to Sprint Nextel, Schulman helped as President of Sprint's prepaid group until he motivated to American Express.

On September 30, 2014, it was publicized that Schulman would develop as CEO of PayPal, which would endure as a distinct legal entity, divided from eBay in 2015. His occupation was also noticeable by the $2.2 billion achievement of European payment worker iZettle, PayPal's second major acquisition to date. He has specified that his goals at PayPal comprise giving financial tools to the 70 million Americans underserved by the U.S. financial system.

In the 2018–19 United States federal government stop, Schulman started the idea for PayPal to bid $500 in interest-free cash fees to furloughed U.S. government workers, obligating to deliver up to $25 million in interest-free loans. In April 2019, Schulman declared PayPal's plans to capitalize $500 million in Uber to join the two marketplaces. In November 2020, Schulman supervised the launch of cryptocurrency buying and selling on PayPal.

In 2019, Schulman disclosed PayPal’s Employee Financial Wellness initiative to support struggling workers by dropping healthcare costs, and generating avenues for employees to obtain equity in the company to endorse long-term saving. In 2020 he broadcast PayPal’s $535 million commitment to support Black-owned businesses and minority communities in the U.S. in an effort to assist nearby the racial wealth gap.

Board service

Schulman in earlier times helped as Non-Executive Chairman of Norton Life Lock. In September 2018, he was selected as an associate of the Verizon Board of Directors. Schulman also be present on the advisory committee of Greycroft Partners, a private equity company focused on early-stage new media and technology companies.