‘Relentless curiosity’: Mastercard’s Jill Kramer on seeing marketing through ‘a new set of eyes’
Reflecting on her varied career journey, Jill Kramer explains how falling in love changed her path and why she’s so excited about the next generation.
· Marketing WeekBy Amrit Virdi 15 Sep 2026 1:53 pm
Graduating with a BA in Communications from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1991, a career in marketing wasn’t at the top of Jill Kramer’s agenda.
Reflecting on why she chose her career path, Mastercard’s chief marketing and communications officer admits the “real answer” is she “fell head over heels in love with a young man” when she was still in college.
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