Chief Executive Officer, Equifax
Chair, Dartmouth Health Audit and Compliance Committee
Mark Begor was named Chief Executive Officer of Equifax and a member of the Board of Directors in April 2018. Headquartered in Atlanta and supported by nearly 15,000 employees worldwide, Equifax has operations or investments in 24 countries in North America, Central and South America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific region. Prior to Equifax, Mark served as managing director and operating partner at Warburg Pincus, a leading global private equity firm focused on growth investing. From 2016 to 2017, he helped Warburg Pincus’ 120 portfolio companies accelerate growth and improve operations for its more than $40 billion of global investments. During that time, he also served on five of Warburg Pincus’ boards of directors.
Begor has created a New Equifax during his tenure as CEO, leading a business turnaround after the company’s 2017 cyber security event. Under his leadership, Equifax has undertaken one of the largest cloud transformation initiatives in its industry. The company has invested over $1.5 billion to change nearly every facet of its infrastructure, has become an industry leader in security, is driving AI innovation, and is on track to become the only cloud-native data, analytics and technology company of its kind.
Equifax has grown from $3.4B in 2018 to record 2023 annual revenue of $5.265 billion, a compound growth rate of approximately 9.1%. This strong financial performance has enabled the company to complete 14 strategic acquisitions totaling ~$4 billion since the beginning of 2021 to broaden its capabilities well beyond a traditional credit bureau in the markets the company serves worldwide while investing record amounts to expand their data, analytics, product, and technology capabilities. In addition to driving exceptional growth, Begor has united the company behind a singular purpose – Helping People Live Their Financial Best – aligning the organization’s culture to put consumers and customers first with a commitment to being consumer-friendly at every touchpoint.
Before joining Equifax, Begor served as a Managing Director in the Industrial and Business Services group at Warburg Pincus, a $40 billion growth-focused private equity firm with over 120 portfolio companies. He also served for two years as a member of the Board of Directors at FICO.
Prior to that, Begor spent 35 years at General Electric, most recently as President and CEO of GE’s $8 billion energy management business. Before leading GE Energy Management, Mark was President and CEO of GE Capital Real Estate. He also served as President and CEO of GE Capital Retail Finance (Synchrony Financial), successfully guiding it through a period where the business doubled in size.
Begor was a senior vice president and member of GE’s Corporate Executive Council for 10 years and a GE officer for 19 years. He also served as the Chief Financial Officer at NBCUniversal Media and as GE's Investor Relations leader, where he oversaw a large number of acquisitions and dispositions.
Begor currently serves on the Board of Directors of NCR Atleos. He previously served on the Board of Directors at NCR Corporation from February 2020 until the company separated into NCR Atleos and NCR Voyix in October 2023. He is also on the Board of Trustees at both Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Foundation.
Begor is a graduate of Syracuse University with a bachelor’s degree in finance and marketing, and he has an MBA from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.