馳騁商場的NBA傳奇巨星——入選美國籃球名人堂的“魔術師”埃爾文?約翰遜離開了移動支付公司Square的董事會。

Square上周五宣布了這一消息，稱約翰遜辭任的原因是手上有其他項目，精力有限。

約翰遜在聲明中表示：“很遺憾，做新項目要投入大量時間，我不得不請辭。Square的董事會成員很優秀，我由衷相信Square將繼續對推動世界大步前進。”

這一消息多少令人意外，因為約翰遜加盟Square董事會還未滿一年。約翰遜現任魔術師約翰遜公司董事長兼首席執行官，提供多種體育產品與服務，也投資其他領域。他去年6月才剛加入Square的董事會。

Square表示，頂替約翰遜董事空缺的是保羅?戴頓勛爵。戴頓勛爵曾任英國財政部商業大臣和高盛合伙人，也曾為2012年倫敦奧運會和殘奧會組委會工作，在銀行業的工作經驗長達27年。

戴頓在聲明中表示：“投資促進企業發展，共建良好社會一直是我工作的重心。Square向來謹遵原則，業務發展也非常迅速。我希望能幫助Square早日實現愿景。”

Square去年11月上市，最近幾個季度迅猛增長。以今年5月公布數據為例，今年第一季度營業收入超出分析師預期，季度收入同比增長51.4%至3.793億美元，但當季虧損擴大，由去年同期的4800萬美元增至9680萬美元。虧損已經引發一些投資者擔憂，受此影響Square的股價今年以來跌幅累計超過27%。

好消息是，主營移動支付處理的Square一直在潛心開拓業務。比如今年3月宣布面向已經使用該司銷售終端服務的小企業，轉型為傳統的網絡貸款機構。在此之前，Square還通過旗下產品Square Capital提供預付現金服務，目前已是業績最好的業務之一。

戴頓將和Square多位名人董事并肩作戰，其中包括聯合創始人杰克?多西（目前擔任首席執行官）和吉姆?麥凱維。董事里也有風險資本家和商人，如知名華爾街分析師瑪麗?米克爾和前美國財長勞倫斯?薩默斯。

譯者：Pessy

校對：夏林

Earvin “Magic” Johnson, the Hall of Fame basketball player and businessperson, has left Square’s board.

The news was announced on Friday by the mobile payments company, saying that Johnson had decided to resign from the board due to time constraints with other projects on which he is working.

“Unfortunately, due to new projects that will require significant time commitments, I regretfully have to resign,” Johnson said in a statement. “The company has an outstanding board and I truly believe that Square will continue to have an immeasurable impact on this world.”

The news was somewhat surprising, consideringJohnson served less than a year on Square’s board. In fact, Johnson, who serves as chairman and CEO of Magic Johnson Enterprises, a company that delivers a wide range of products and services and invests in many others, only found his way to Square’s board last June.

In his place, Square said that it will welcome Lord Paul Deighton to its board. In his career, Deighton has served as the U.K.’s Commercial Secretary of the Treasury and as a partner at Goldman Sachs . He also worked on the committee that organized the London Olympic and Paralympic Games. He spent a total of 27 years in banking.

“Empowering and investing in businesses and communities has always been at the core my work,” Deighton in a statement. “Square has built an impressive business based on those principles, and I look forward to helping the company deliver on its purpose.”

Square, which went public in November, has been growing dramatically in recent quarters. In May, for instance, Square reported better-than-expected revenue, jumping 51.4% year-over-year to $379.3 million in the first quarter. However, the company’s loss widened from $48 million in the first quarter of 2015 to $96.8 million in the first quarter of 2016.

That loss has caused some concern among investors, who have pushed the company’s shares down more than 27% since the beginning of the year.

Still, Square, which processes mobile payments, is pushing on by expanding its business. In March, for instance, Square announced that it was becoming a traditional online lender aimed at small businesses that already use its point-of-sale services. The move came after Square had been offering cash advances through its Square Capital program, one of its best performing divisions.

Deighton will join several prominent director individuals, including co-founders Jack Dorsey (who also serves as CEO) and Jim McKelvey. The directors also include venture capitalists and businesspeople, including Mary Meeker and Larry Summers, among others.