Pam Patsley (born March 1, 1957) is an American businesswoman. She is the former executive chairman of
MoneyGram
MoneyGram International, Inc. is an American cross-border Peer-to-peer, P2P payments and electronic funds transfer, money transfer company based in the United States with headquarters in Dallas, Dallas, Texas. It has an operations center in St. L ...
. She previously served as its chief executive officer.
Early life
Patsley was born circa 1957 in
St. Louis
St. Louis () is the second-largest city in Missouri, United States. It sits near the confluence of the Mississippi and the Missouri Rivers. In 2020, the city proper had a population of 301,578, while the bi-state metropolitan area, which e ...
, Missouri.
Her parents were schoolteachers.
She graduated from the
University of Missouri
The University of Missouri (Mizzou, MU, or Missouri) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Columbia, Missouri. It is Missouri's largest university and the flagship of the four-campus Universit ...
with a bachelor's degree in accounting.
Career
Patsley began her career as an accountant for
KPMG
KPMG International Limited (or simply KPMG) is a multinational professional services network, and one of the Big Four accounting organizations.
Headquartered in Amstelveen, Netherlands, although incorporated in London, England, KPMG is a net ...
in
Dallas, Texas
Dallas () is the third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 million people. It is the largest city in and seat of Dallas County w ...
.
She became the chief financial officer of
First USA
Bank One Corporation was an American bank founded in 1968 and at its peak the sixth-largest bank in the United States. It traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the stock symbol ONE. The company merged with JPMorgan Chase & Co. on July 1, 2 ...
in 1985, and later the president and chief executive officer of Paymentech.
She served as the president of
First Data
First Data Corporation is a financial services company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The company's STAR Network provided nationwide domestic debit acceptance at more than 2 million retail POS, ATM, and Online outlets for nea ...
International from 2002 to 2007.
Patsley succeeded
Philip Milne as the chief executive officer of MoneyGram in September 2009.
She has served as its executive chairman since January 1, 2016.
She is one of the highest paid female business executives in the world.
She is expected to be succeeded by MoneyGram's CEO,
W. Alexander Holmes, in February 2018.
Patsley serves on the boards of directors of the
Hilton Grand Vacations Company
Hilton Grand Vacations Inc. is based in Orlando, Florida, United States, with regional offices located in Las Vegas, Nevada, Oahu, Hawaii, New York City, Marco Island, Florida and Sanibel Island, Florida. It was formerly a wholly owned subsidi ...
,
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) is an American technology company headquartered in Dallas, Texas, that designs and manufactures semiconductors and various integrated circuits, which it sells to electronics designers and manufacturers globall ...
and
Dr Pepper Snapple Group
Dr Pepper Snapple Group (also called Dr. Pepper/7up Inc.) was an American multinational soft drink company based in Plano, Texas, and as of July 2018 it is a business unit of the publicly traded conglomerate Keurig Dr Pepper.
Formerly Cadbury ...
.
She served on the board of the
Molson Coors Brewing Company
The Molson Coors Beverage Company is an American-Canadian multinational drink and brewing company incorporated under Delaware General Corporation Law and headquartered in Golden, Colorado and Montreal, Quebec.
Molson Coors was formed in 2005 t ...
from 1996 to 2009.
Personal life
With her husband Gary and their son Philip, Patsley resides in
Highland Park, Texas
Highland Park is a town in central Dallas County, Texas, United States. The population was 8,864 in 2020. It is located between the Dallas North Tollway and U.S. Route 75 (North Central Expressway), north of downtown Dallas.
Highland Park is bo ...
.
References
Living people
1950s births
People from St. Louis
People from Highland Park, Texas
University of Missouri alumni
American women business executives
American chairpersons of corporations
American corporate directors
21st-century American women
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