Global Payments GPN
Global Payments is the 387th largest S&P 500 company by market cap, worth $21.9 billion. 13 directors have filed with the SEC in the last 12 months (who counts), 1 of them an executive. 6 other officers are on file. At 30 Jun 2026, Gtcr was its largest institutional holder, with 15.8% of the company.
- CEO
- Cameron M. Bready
- Sector
- Financials
- Sub-industry
- Transaction & Payment Processing Services
- Headquarters
- Atlanta, Georgia
- Founded
- 2000
- More
- Wikipedia
- Market cap
- $21.9B
- 387th largest, 23 Oct 2026 close
- Price to sales
- 2.8
- Market cap over revenue
- Market cap per employee
- $843K
- Market cap over employees
- Connections
- 8
- S&P 500 companies sharing a director or officer
Largest institutional holders
Each fund group's share of Global Payments. Where a company has several share classes, the share is of its total value.
13F filings for the quarter to 30 Jun 2026
Board and officers
6 people here also hold roles at other S&P 500 companies.
Roles filed up to 30 Sep 2026
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Directors (13) | |
| Cameron M. BreadyChief Executive Officer | |
| F. Thaddeus ArroyoDirectorAlso at AT&T | |
| Robert H. B. Baldwin Jr.DirectorLast filed 12 Dec 2025 | |
| John G. BrunoDirector | |
| Archana DeskusDirectorAlso at Cognizant | |
| Joia M. JohnsonDirectorAlso at Brown & Brown and Regions Financial | |
| Kirsten Marie KliphouseDirectorAlso at Labcorp | |
| Connie D. McDanielDirector | |
| Joseph OsnossDirector | |
| William B. PlummerDirectorAlso at Waste Management | |
| Vivek SankaranDirector | |
| Patricia A. WatsonDirectorAlso at Southwest Airlines and Rockwell Automation | |
| M. Troy WoodsDirector | |
| Officers (6) | |
| Joshua J. WhippleChief Financial OfficerLast filed 3 Mar 2026 | |
| Robert M. CortopassiPresident and COOLast filed 11 Aug 2026 | |
| David Lawrence GreenChief Administrative OfficerLast filed 5 Dec 2025 | |
| Dara L. Steele-BelkinChief Legal OfficerLast filed 2 Jun 2026 | |
| Stella Nichole VivianiChief People OfficerLast filed 3 Mar 2026 | |
| Jennifer Bozeman WhyteChief Accounting OfficerLast filed 17 Mar 2026 | |
Companies that share people with Global Payments
Each person's title here, then at the other company.
- AT&T T
- F. Thaddeus Arroyo: Director here, Chief Strategy & Dev Officer there
- Brown & Brown BRO
- Joia M. Johnson: Director here, Director there
- Cognizant CTSH
- Archana Deskus: Director here, Director there
- Labcorp LH
- Kirsten Marie Kliphouse: Director here, Director there
- Regions Financial RF
- Joia M. Johnson: Director here, Director there
- Rockwell Automation ROK
- Patricia A. Watson: Director here, Director there
- Southwest Airlines LUV
- Patricia A. Watson: Director here, Director there
- Waste Management WM
- William B. Plummer: Director here, Director there
Global Payments's market cap since August 2009
Marked weeks are changes in the share count, such as a merger, not market moves.
Weekly, up to 23 Oct 2026
| Week ending | Market cap |
|---|---|
| 23 Oct 2026 | $21.9B |
| 26 Dec 2025 | $19.0B |
| 27 Dec 2024 | $28.6B |
| 29 Dec 2023 | $33.1B |
| 30 Dec 2022 | $26.9B |
| 31 Dec 2021 | $39.2B |
| 25 Dec 2020 | $61.5B |
| 27 Dec 2019 | $55.0B |
| 28 Dec 2018 | $16.2B |
| 29 Dec 2017 | $15.9B |
| 30 Dec 2016 | $10.7B |
| 25 Dec 2015 | $8.5B |
| 26 Dec 2014 | $5.5B |
| 27 Dec 2013 | $4.7B |
| 28 Dec 2012 | $3.5B |
| 30 Dec 2011 | $3.7B |
| 31 Dec 2010 | $3.7B |
| 25 Dec 2009 | $4.3B |
Download Global Payments's data as JSON, with the weekly market caps in billions of dollars from 28 Aug 2009.
Workforce
- Employees
- 26,000
Headquartered in Georgia with approximately 26,000 team members worldwide, Global Payments is a Fortune 500 company and is a member of the S&P 500.
Insider trades
Open-market buys and sales by directors and officers. Grants, option exercises and shares withheld for tax are left out.
Trades from 30 Sep 2025 to 30 Sep 2026
Directors and officers sold $1.4 million of stock in 3 sales and bought $1.3 million in 4 purchases in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026.
| Date | Person | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 20 Feb 2026Buy | Joia M. JohnsonDirector | $99K |
| 11 Dec 2025Buy | Robert H. B. Baldwin Jr.Director | $846K |
| 11 Dec 2025Sale | David M. SheffieldEVP, Chief Accounting Officer | $164K |
| 10 Dec 2025Buy | Robert H. B. Baldwin Jr.Director | $241K |
| 3 Dec 2025Sale | David Lawrence GreenChief Administrative Officer | $928K |
| 12 Nov 2025Sale | Connie D. McDanielDirector | $347K |
| 7 Nov 2025Buy | Patricia A. WatsonDirector | $100K |
Trades by members of Congress and officials
Trades members of Congress and senior executive branch officials disclosed, including their families'. Amounts are filed as ranges.
Trades from 20 Oct 2023 to 20 Oct 2026
5 people disclosed 25 purchases and 13 sales of Global Payments stock since October 2023.
| Date | Member or official | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 15 May 2026 | Gilbert CisnerosHouse, D-CA 路 Sold | $1K to $15K |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Gilbert CisnerosHouse, D-CA 路 Bought | $1K to $15K |
| 13 Apr 2026 | Rohit KhannaHouse, D-CA 路 Sold | $1K to $15K |
| 27 Mar 2026 | Alan ArmstrongSenate, R-OK 路 Bought | $1K to $15K |
| 23 Mar 2026 | Michael T. McCaulHouse, R-TX 路 Bought | $15K to $50K |
| 29 Jan 2026 | Rohit KhannaHouse, D-CA 路 Sold | $1K to $15K |
| 23 Jan 2026 | Rohit KhannaHouse, D-CA 路 Bought | $1K to $15K |
| 13 Jan 2026 | Rohit KhannaHouse, D-CA 路 Bought | $1K to $15K |
| 19 Dec 2025 | Gilbert CisnerosHouse, D-CA 路 Sold | $1K to $15K |
| 10 Dec 2025 | Gilbert CisnerosHouse, D-CA 路 Sold | $15K to $50K |
Showing 10 of 38 trades
Not on file: no WARN layoff notices under its own name since October 2023.