Visa elects Pinterest CEO Bill Ready to board of directors

Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) announced that Bill Ready has been elected to its board of directors, effective September 29, 2025.

Ready serves as chief executive officer of Pinterest, a position he has held since 2022. His career spans various roles in the payments industry, including president of commerce, payments and next billion users at Google, chief operating officer at PayPal, and chief executive officer of Braintree, the parent company of Venmo. He also served as president of iPay Technologies and worked as a strategy consultant for McKinsey & Company.

"His experience spans the full spectrum of payments from entrepreneurial innovation to enterprise execution making him uniquely well positioned to guide strategic decisions in an increasingly dynamic and competitive global landscape," said John Lundgren, Visa's board chair.

The appointment brings Visa's total board of directors to 12 members, according to the company's statement.

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