A Knowledge Map Shows Visa Inc Director Matschullat Would Benefit from IPO

(NewsVisual, powered by IntellectSpace) -- In a story that’s bound to receive a lot of attention from investors, business news organizations are reporting that Visa Inc is moving closer to implementing its Initial Public Offering (IPO) of the approximately 447 million shares of the company’s Class-A common stock.

MarketWatch reported on Monday morning that given the probably share value of $37 to $42, Visa could raise approximately 18.76 billion, making it the most lucrative IPO ever (see the MarketWatch article by Steve Gelsi ).

NewsVisual created an IntellectSpace Knowledge Map of the Visa Inc’s Board of Directors in order to determine whether any of its members could benefit financially from the company’s IPO.

The Knowledge Map shows that only Director Robert W Matschullat, a private equity investor and former head of worldwide investment banking for Morgan Stanley, has ownership of Visa Inc’s stock.

This could mean that Matschullat might reap significant financial benefits as a result of the IPO.

Curiously, the Map also shows that Visa CEO/Chairman Joseph W Saunders served from 1993 to 1997 on the board of its main competitor, MasterCard International Inc.

(Note: the information contained and presented in Knowledge Maps is public information from the Securities and Exchange Commission of the United States of America).

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