Ben Hawksworth

Chief Operating Officer at THE WESTERN UNION COMPANY

Net worth: 2 M $ as of 2026-08-30

49 year

44 connections

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Ben Hawksworth is currently Chief Operating Officer at The Western Union Co., starting in 2025.
Former roles include Chief Information Officer-Global Business Solution at First Data Corp.
from 2016 to 2018, Chief Product & Technology Officer at Prog Leasing LLC from 2018 to 2022, SVP-Information Technology & VP-Payments Platform at Worldpay, Inc., and Chief Product & Technology Officer at PROG Holdings, Inc. Education includes undergraduate and MBA degrees from Fisher College of Business.

Known holdings in public companies

Company	Date	Number of shares	Valuation	Valuation date
WESTERN UNION COMPANY 0.1%	2026-09-07	313,891 ( 0.1% )	2 M $	2026-08-30

Ben Hawksworth active positions

Companies	Position	Start
THE WESTERN UNION COMPANY	Chief Operating Officer	2025-07-21

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Former positions of Ben Hawksworth

Companies	Position	End
Prog Leasing LLC Prog Leasing LLC General GovernmentGovernment Provides web-based lease-to-own financing programs for retailers	Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer	2022-08-31
FIRST DATA CORPORATION	Corporate Officer/Principal	2017-12-31
WORLDPAY INC	Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer	-
PROG HOLDINGS, INC.	Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer	-

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Private companies	6
First Data Corp. First Data Corp. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Provides electronic commerce and payment services	Commercial Services
The Western Union Co. The Western Union Co. Regional BanksFinance Provides money transfer, payments and digital financial services	Finance
Fisher College of Business Fisher College of Business Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Prog Leasing LLC Prog Leasing LLC General GovernmentGovernment Provides web-based lease-to-own financing programs for retailers	Government
Worldpay, Inc. Worldpay, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops payment processing software	Technology Services
PROG Holdings, Inc. PROG Holdings, Inc. Finance/Rental/LeasingFinance Operates as a holding company whose subsidiaries provides commercial equipment leasing services	Finance