COMPANY

Official Website:
http://www.visa.com/

Industry:
Banking

Ticker:
(mutual)

Corporate headquarters:
Foster City, CA

Sales:
$3.6B (2007)

Employees:
5400 (2008)

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
William L. Chenevich	Business	c. 1944		Vice Chairman of Technology, US Bancorp
H. Robert Heller	Economist	8-Jan-1940		Federal Reserve Governor, 1986-89
Joseph W. Saunders	Business	c. 1945		CEO of Visa
Scott Thompson	Business	13-Nov-1957		CEO of Yahoo!, 2012

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Tom Campbell	Politician	14-Aug-1952		Congressman from California, 1995-2001
Gary P. Coughlan	Business	c. 1944		CFO of Abbott Laboratories, 1990-2001
Suzanne Nora Johnson	Business	14-May-1957		Vice Chairman of Goldman Sachs, 2004-07
Robert W. Matschullat	Business	c. 1947		CFO of Seagram, 1995-2000
Cathy E. Minehan	Business	15-Feb-1947		President of the Boston Fed, 1994-2007
Joseph W. Saunders	Business	c. 1945		CEO of Visa
William Shanahan	Business	Apr-1940		President of Colgate-Palmolive, 1992-2005

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Malcolm M. Aslin	Business	c. 1948		CEO of Gold Banc Corporation, 2003-06
William P. Boardman	Business	c. 1941		CEO of First USA, 1999-2001
Philip G. Heasley	Business	c. 1950		CEO of Transaction Systems Architects
Jon C. Madonna	Business	c. 1943		CEO of KPMG, 1990-96
Donald L. McWhorter	Business	c. 1936		President and CEO of Banc One, 1992-95
John G. Stumpf	Business	1953		CEO of Wells Fargo

EXTRANEOUS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
William E. Timmons, Sr.	Government	27-Dec-1930		Washington lobbyist
James M. Wells III	Business	c. 1947		CEO of SunTrust Banks

CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Jason Alexander	Actor	23-Sep-1959		George Costanza on Seinfeld
Kevin Bacon	Actor	8-Jul-1958		Everybody cut Footloose
Tony Bennett	Singer	3-Aug-1926		Left his heart in San Francisco
Pierce Brosnan	Actor	16-May-1951		Remington Steele, James Bond
Mos Def	Rapper	11-Dec-1973		Black On Both Sides
Leonardo DiCaprio	Actor	11-Nov-1974		Titanic
Bob Dole	Politician	22-Jul-1923		US Senator from Kansas, 1969-96
Richard Gere	Actor	31-Aug-1949		American Gigolo
Eydie Gorme	Musician	16-Aug-1931		Blame it on the Bossa Nova
Christina Hendricks	Actor	3-May-1975		Joan Holloway on Mad Men
Derek Jeter	Baseball	26-Jun-1974		New York Yankees shortstop
Richard Kiel	Actor	13-Sep-1939		"Jaws" in Moonraker
Gladys Knight	Singer	28-May-1944		Lords dominion over The Pips
Michelle Kwan	Figure Skating	7-Jul-1980		Olympic figure skater
Steve Lawrence	Singer	8-Jul-1935		The Steve Lawrence Show
Nastia Liukin	Gymnastics	30-Oct-1989		Five medals in 2008 Beijing Olympics
Eva Longoria	Actor	15-Mar-1975		Desperate Housewives
Shirley MacLaine	Actor	24-Apr-1934		Terms of Endearment
Yao Ming	Basketball	12-Sep-1980		7' 6 1/2" Houston Rockets Center
Bebe Neuwirth	Actor	31-Dec-1958		Dr. Lilith Sternin-Crane on Cheers
Deion Sanders	Football	9-Aug-1967		Played in both NFL and MLB
Charlie Sheen	Actor	3-Sep-1965		The prodigal Sheen
Martin Sheen	Actor	3-Aug-1940		The West Wing
Emmitt Smith	Football	15-May-1969		Leading NFL rusher
George Steinbrenner	Baseball	4-Jul-1930	13-Jul-2010	Owner, New York Yankees
Sachin Tendulkar	Cricket	24-Apr-1973		Top batsman in cricket
Donald Trump	Business	14-Jun-1946		The Donald
Liv Tyler	Actor	1-Jul-1977		Daughter of Aerosmith frontman
Sofia Vergara	Actor	10-Jul-1972		Gloria on Modern Family
Bruce Willis	Actor	19-Mar-1955		Die Hard
Ziyi Zhang	Actor	9-Feb-1979		Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

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