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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.

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