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Enrique Lores
Chief Executive Officer
PayPal
Enrique Lores is President & Chief Executive Officer of PayPal, leading the company’s global strategy, operations, and growth agenda. A disciplined, customer focused leader with a strong track record of driving innovation at scale while maintaining operational rigor and financial performance, Enrique is charged with accelerating PayPal’s execution to strengthen the company’s leadership position in a rapidly evolving payments landscape shaped by new technologies, rising competition, and the acceleration of AI in commerce.
Prior to PayPal, Enrique served as President and CEO of HP Inc., where he led the company through a major transformation focused on services, subscriptions, and AI driven workplace solutions, and helped maintain HP’s position as one of the world’s largest PC companies. Throughout his 35+ years with HP, he held senior leadership roles across the Personal Systems, Print, Industrial, and Services businesses in global, regional, and country specific capacities, including leading the Separation Management Office during the 2015 split of Hewlett Packard Company, one of the most complex corporate separations in history.
Enrique has served on PayPal’s Board of Directors for nearly five years and was named Chair of the PayPal Board beginning in July 2024, giving him deep insight into the company’s strategy and opportunities before taking on the CEO role. He is also active in several global organizations, including the International Advisory Boards of Esade Business School, the Business Roundtable, Welcome.US CEO Council, and the World Economic Forum’s International Business Council and Alliance of CEO Climate Leaders.
Enrique earned an MBA from Esade Business School and holds a degree in electrical engineering from the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV). In 2024, UPV recognized him as an “honoris causa” doctor for his commitment to lifelong learning, technical knowledge, and business success.
Speaking at SFF 2026
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12:40–1:00pmThu 19 NovFestival StageHall 1, Singapore EXPOPremium
Technology Rewiring
PayPal Beyond the Button: Can a Payments Pioneer Become a Financial Partner?
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Enrique LoresChief Executive OfficerPayPal
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Pat PatelChief Executive Officer, USA, LATAM, Middle East & Africa; Co-CEO, GFTN ConnectionsGlobal Finance & Technology Network (GFTN)Moderator
About this session
PayPal helped make online checkout mainstream. But in a world where payments are becoming faster, more embedded and increasingly invisible, a famous button may be less of an advantage than it once was. Can the company turn its reach across PayPal, Venmo and Braintree into a broader role in people’s financial lives? At SFF2026, CEO Enrique Lores joins a candid conversation about the choices, trade-offs and execution required to move beyond payments, and how much reinvention a quarter-century-old fintech can really pull off.
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