Visa Promotes Longtime ‘Heir Apparent’ Ryan McInerney to Be CEO

Nov. 17, 2022, 11:12 PM UTC

Visa Inc. said President Ryan McInerney will become chief executive officer next year, replacing Al Kelly.

McInerney has been behind the company’s push to deepen its foothold in new forms of payments, including the more than $120 trillion businesses send to one another each year. The 47-year-old will take over in February, when Kelly will assume the role of executive chairman.

Ryan McInerney
Source: Businesswire

“We’re blessed to have a phenomenal successor,” Kelly said. “This is the right time.”

McInerney is taking the helm of a $449 billion payments juggernaut that handled $11.6 trillion in volume during its latest fiscal year. The ...

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