Sowmyanarayan Sampath (Sampath)

Sowmyanarayan Sampath (Sampath) leads Verizon Consumer Group, serving the largest consumer customer base in the United States. Sampath is a globally recognized leader in the telecom industry with experience spanning consumer, enterprise, security and critical infrastructure. His distinct tenure at Verizon includes transformative work on Verizon’s consumer operating model and empowering its customer-facing organization.

Sampath previously served as CEO of Verizon Business, serving 99% of Fortune 500 companies, leading the digitization of businesses, governments and communities around the world as customers reimagine their employee, supply chain and end-to-end-customer experiences.

Prior to Verizon Business, Sampath served as President of Global Enterprise at Verizon, where he led a global team focused on delivering solutions to enable enterprise customers to securely connect to the global economy and intelligently manage business operations. Earlier in his Verizon tenure, he served as Chief Product Officer, responsible for the consumer and business product portfolio and implementing major strategic initiatives. These included two of the company’s largest programs, Network Transformation and One Fiber, which served as the foundation for Verizon’s progress in wireless network densification and 5G. 

Before Verizon, Sampath spent almost a decade at the Boston Consulting Group, where he was a Partner and Global Sector Leader for the Telecom practice area focused on driving large-scale, enterprise-wide transformations. His experience includes other executive roles, including Chief Financial Officer and Chief Transformation Officer.

Corporate and charitable leadership

Sampath is the executive sponsor of United of Verizon, one of the company’s employee resource groups, designed to bring together employees of all backgrounds to help build our company culture to best serve customers.

Sampath serves as a member of the Board of Advisors for Tech United New Jersey, as well as a member of the Education Advisory Board of the Smithsonian. He also serves on the board of directors of Canadian Tire, one of the country’s largest chains of automotive, hardware, sports, leisure, and houseware products.

Personal and educational background

Sampath holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Calcutta, St. Xavier’s College, a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Boston University and he is a Chartered Accountant.