Full Name: Jason M. Gardner
Nickname: Not Publicly Available
Country/State: United States
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Languages Known: English
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Religion: Not public
Hobbies: Snow sports, surfing, gardening
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Degrees Obtained: BA (Arizona State University)
Height: 175 cm
Weight: 70 kg
Parents: Not Publicly Known
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Marital Status: married
Wife: Not Public
Children: 0
Current Position: Founder and Director (former CEO)
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Net Worth: Not Publicly Known
Awards & Achievements: Founded Marqeta and led it as CEO from 2010–2023, including taking the company public (IPO in June 2021).
Jason M. Gardner is a payments and fintech entrepreneur best known as the founder of Marqeta, a modern card issuing and payment infrastructure platform. He founded the company in 2010 and served as CEO until 2023, guiding Marqeta through category creation in modern card issuing and the company’s public listing in 2021. After stepping down as CEO, he continued as a founder-level leader and remains involved as a director. Gardner is known for focusing on practical, builder-led execution: landing early anchor customers, iterating the core platform quickly, and expanding into multiple payment use cases while operating in a regulated environment. In interviews, he has spoken about the realities of pivoting, building durable products, and staying tightly connected to customer problems as the company scales. His public profile also reflects a hands-on, grounded personality, with interests like surfing and gardening.
Marqeta announced a CEO change and an acquisition (TransactPay), with reporting noting Gardner had previously transitioned out of the executive chair role (exited June 2024) and remains tied to Marqeta as founder leadership.
A Marqeta Form 4 filing dated August 8, 2025 shows Gardner-related share reporting via a trust structure.
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