Saumil Mehta Named Ticketmaster Global President

Saumil Mehta, former Chief Product Officer and Head of Business Org at payments giant Square, is Ticketmaster’s new Global President.

Mehta succeeds Mark Yovich, who has been president since 2020 and is now Chairman of Ticketmaster.

Mehta spent more than nine years at Square helping build and scale products used by millions of small businesses and hundreds of millions of consumers. Prior to this role, Mehta founded LocBox, a marketing automation startup which was acquired by Square in 2015.

“Ticketmaster is an incredible business that serves as the world’s portal to the best live entertainment,” said Mehta. “The real opportunity lies in how we evolve the experience by building smarter and more intuitive ways for fans to connect with the live experiences that matter so much to them.”

Mehta has worked as an advisor and investor to a group of AI startups and aims to accelerate the use of the technology at Ticketmaster with the goals of empowering venues, fortifying the ticketing infrastructure against bad actors, and enhancing the ticket-buying experience for fans.

Over the past several years, Ticketmaster has been working to build a strong foundation for the next phase of growth. Saumil brings a fresh perspective and deep product and technology expertise that will help us build on that momentum,” Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino said.