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Don Kingsborough

Vice President of Retail and Prepaid Products

As vice president of retail and prepaid products, Don Kingsborough brings experience in consumer product development, technology, retail, point-of-sale, and merchant relationships. In his current role, Kingsborough oversees PayPal’s market expansion offline and into traditional retail stores.Prior to PayPal, Kingsborough was president and CEO of Blackhawk Network, a leader in third-party prepaid card products that he founded in 2001. He also founded and served as CEO of toy manufacturer Worlds of Wonder, Inc., where he propelled this startup business to one of the nation’s fastest growing companies in just two years.Before Worlds of Wonder, Kingsborough was president of the consumer products division at Atari Corporation. There, he played a key role in the development and introduction of new products, marketing strategies, and innovation efforts for Atari products. Kingsborough led the introduction of the sales phenomenon Nintendo to America through an exclusive four-year sales and marketing agreement, during which period sales for Nintendo rose from zero to more than $2 billion.Kingsborough holds a BA in Business Management from the University of California at Berkeley.