Jonathan Auerbach is a globally respected executive and strategic advisor with over 30 years of leadership experience spanning technology, telecommunications, and financial services. Throughout his career, he has counseled CEOs, Executive teams, and Boards and led growth and transformative initiatives at some of the world’s most prominent Companies.
Most recently, Jonathan spent nearly a decade at PayPal, serving as Chief Strategy and Growth Officer and a member of PayPal’s Executive Leadership Team. In this role, he was instrumental in defining and driving the company’s global strategy, platform expansion, and customer engagement, as well as leading PayPal’s M&A and Ventures Teams. He also served as Chairman of PayPal’s Operating Group for four years, where he led cross-functional coordination and enterprise execution. Among his most notable accomplishments, Jonathan incubated PayPal’s blockchain and digital currency business and launched the PayPal USD, the company’s stablecoin—placing PayPal at the forefront of the emerging digital asset ecosystem.
Prior to PayPal, Jonathan was Chief Executive Offer of Digital Life at SingTel, Asia’s leading communications group. As CEO of Digital Life, he was responsible for shaping and scaling a portfolio of digital businesses across video, data analytics/machine learning and mobile commerce. He also served as a member of SingTel’s top executive leadership team, playing a central role in the company’s strategic transformation from a traditional telecom provider to a forward-looking digital technology enterprise.
Jonathan spent 27 years at McKinsey & Company, advising global clients on strategy, innovation, and large-scale transformation. As a Senior Partner of McKinsey, he held multiple leadership roles. He led the Firm’s technology Practice in the United States, working with top-tier technology companies through periods of major disruption and growth. He later relocated to Singapore to lead the Southeast Asian Region for 5 years,and he later led the Firm’s Telecommunications, Media & Technology (TMT) Practice in Asia.
Jonathan serves on the Board of Directors of the Principal Financial group and has served on the Board of the National Committee on US-China Relations. He is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He is an active venture investor and strategic Advisor
Jonathan graduated Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude from Dartmouth College, where he was a National Harry S. Truman Scholar, and received a BA and an MA from Oxford University in England, where he was a Keasbey Memorial Foundation Scholar.
