John Padgett

John Padgett is the current President of Princess Cruises and Chief Experience & Innovation Officer of Carnival Corporation. John has held this position since June 2014. Prior to their current role, Padgett served as Game Changer Experience Development for Walt Disney Parks and Resorts from July 1996 to June 2014. In this role, they established the vision for the new MyMagic+ product strategy, shifting the historical Guest experiences delivery to a new paradigm grounded in personalization, customization, simplicity, and connectivity. Padgett also led the invention, development, and implementation of Guest engagement tools, including MagicBand, FastPass+, Disney’s Magical Express, Be Our Guest restaurant, Main Entrance access portals, and Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique retail locations.

Padgett began their career in the travel industry in various sales and marketing roles before moving into travel operations, facilities, utilities, engineering, transportation, and manufacturing. In their first decade with Carnival Corporation & plc, they served in numerous executive roles focused on business and financial planning. John has been with Carnival Corporation since July 2014 and assumed their current role in June 2014.

John Padgett has a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) from the Virginia Tech - Pamplin College of Business, with a focus in management science. John also has a bachelor's degree from Virginia Tech.

John Padgett reports to Arnold W. Donald , President & CEO. John Padgett works with Enrique Miguez - General Counsel, Jerry Montgomery - CHRO, and Jan Swartz - Group President, Princess Cruises and Carnival Australia.