Michael Miebach

Michael Miebach is Chief Executive Officer of Mastercard and a member of its Board of Directors. He is leading the company into a more digital world where Mastercard powers economies and empowers people by harnessing innovation and the continued application of new technologies.

For much of the past decade, Miebach was critical to setting the strategy that transformed the company’s offerings from a consumer card-centric business to a platform supporting choice in how businesses, people and governments make payments. This strategy helped Mastercard diversify into new areas including real-time payments, open banking, digital identity and other value-added services.

His collaborative approach creates scalable and trusted solutions for the exchange of payments and data. Upon joining Mastercard in 2010, he helped shape the company’s financial inclusion efforts to deliver a commercially sustainable social impact.

Miebach is a member of The Business Roundtable, The Business Council, the US-India CEO Forum, the International Advisory Panel of the Monetary Authority of Singapore and The International Business Council of the World Economic Forum. He serves on the board of directors of IBM, the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum, the Metropolitan Opera, the World Resources Institute and the American Red Cross.

Miebach holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Passau in Germany.