Mark Britto
Founder of Boku
Mark Britto
Founder of Boku
Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area
Overview
Work Experience
Chairman, Founder
2009 - Current
Chairman and founder of Boku, a leading direct carrier billing mobile payments company which allows consumers to charge purchases to their mobile phone bill. Boku partners with global merchants including Facebook, Sony, Spotify, Microsoft, Riot Games, and many more. Based in San Francisco with offices in Europe, Latin America, and Asia, Boku is funded by leading Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and venture capitalists including Andreessen Horowitz, Benchmark Capital, DAG Ventures, Index Ventures, Khosla Ventures, and NEA.
CEO
2009 - 2017
Founded and spent nearly a decade building the largest independent carrier billing company in the world, integrated with hundreds of mobile operators all over the globe. Boku created the standard for online payments using a mobile phone, making it easy to pay for digital goods and social experiences across the web.
EVP Chief Product Officer
2020 - 2022
Responsible for PayPal’s end-to-end product and engineering organizations, overseeing the company’s Omni Payments and Branded Experiences teams to advance PayPal’s position as the preferred digital payment method for consumers and merchants around the globe. Additionally, he leads the team responsible for furthering the company’s strategies to provide credit solutions that drive increased engagement for consumers and growth for merchants.
EVP Global Sales and Credit
2019 - 2020
Oversee the sales and distribution of PayPal’s products and services, client management and partner development. Additionally, I lead the team responsible for advancing the company’s strategies to provide credit options that drive increased engagement for consumers and growth for merchants. My focus is on growing PayPal’s position as the preferred digital payment method for consumers and merchants around the globe.
SVP of Global Credit and Core Markets
2017 - 2019
Responsible for transforming PayPal’s credit organization and building its successful growth strategy and led PayPal’s commercial teams in the company’s largest and most established markets.
CEO
2002 - 2007
Led Ingenio, a venture-funded service marketplace and performance advertising company, to a 2007 acquisition by AT&T.
SVP, Worldwide Services and Sales
1999 - 2002
Responsible for Business and Corporate development, payments, and the Personalization and Community functions.
Co-founder
1998 - 1999
A venture funded peer-to-peer payments company sold to Amazon.com.
EVP, Credit
1994 - 1998
Responsible for Credit Policy and Underwriting for the credit card division.