Benjamin Wachenje
Title: CEO of Visa
Born: April 24, 1965, New York City
Education: BA, Johns Hopkins University; MBA, New York University
Early Marker: Scharf was the head of retail financial services at JPMorgan Chase and longtime protégé of CEO Jamie Dimon.
Big Idea: In his first stab at running a public company and working outside a bank, Scharf has to manage the delicate relationships with millions of merchants and steer VISA through rising competition from nontraditional payment companies, such as PayPal and emerging online disruptors.
Wave of the Future: Banking the unbanked, financial services disruption
