# clm_7203CE937238

subject: Mastercard (/record/mastercard.md)  
predicate: chair  
value: Merit Janow  
valid_from: 2022-01-01  
valid_to: null  
published: 2021-09-21  
recorded: 2026-10-29  
confidence: 0.85  
status: valid  
assertable: true  
superseded_by: null  
last_updated: 2026-10-29  
checked: 2026-10-29 · its source page states the value and the date  

> The Board unanimously elected Merit Janow, currently Lead Independent Director, to serve as non-executive Independent Chair of the Board of Directors, effective January 1, 2022.

What https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1141391/000114139121000172/ma09212021-newsrelease.htm says, word for word.

## Sources

- https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001141391/000114139126000021/ma-20260427.htm (secondary, sec.gov)
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q489921 (secondary, Wikidata)
- https://www.reuters.com/business/mastercard-chairman-ajay-banga-retire-end-2021-2021-09-21/ (secondary)
- https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1141391/000114139121000172/ma09212021-newsrelease.htm (primary, Mastercard (8-K Ex. 99.1), published 2021-09-21)

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