Kenneth Chenault news and trends

Ken Chenault Joins General Catalyst As Chairman

January 30, 2018
Airbnb Names Amex’s Chenault To Board
Mobile Commerce // January 26, 2018

As part of its plan to become a so-called 21st-century company, Airbnb announced Thursday (Jan. 25) in a blog post that it is naming Ken Chenault, chief executive officer of American Express, to its board of directors. In an open letter, Airbnb chief executive officer Brian...

Amex CEO Skeptical About Bitcoin
Mobile // December 15, 2014

American Express CEO Kenneth Chenault is not so certain that Bitcoin is going to play a dominant payment role any time soon. “There’s a reason credit cards were invented,” Chenault said at an industry conference Thursday (Dec. 11), according to a report in The New...

Quick Reads
Ken Chenault Joins General Catalyst As Chairman

January 30, 2018
Kenneth Chenault announced last fall that he was officially stepping down as the head of American Express — after almost 20 years of leadership that spanned such critical events as 9/11 and the financial crisis. And since then, the race to draft Chenault has been on — everyone, it seems, was looking to secure a […]

Airbnb Names Amex’s Chenault To Board

January 26, 2018
As part of its plan to become a so-called 21st-century company, Airbnb announced Thursday (Jan. 25) in a blog post that it is naming Ken Chenault, chief executive officer of American...

Amex CEO Skeptical About Bitcoin

December 15, 2014
American Express CEO Kenneth Chenault is not so certain that Bitcoin is going to play a dominant payment role any time soon. “There’s a reason credit cards were invented,” Chenault...