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“New Leadership, Same Mission: How Slack’s CEO Plans to Restore Balance Amidst Turmoil”

Denise Dresser Speaking
Slack’s new CEO looks to bring stability after a turbulent period Three chief executives in one year will do thatIt’s not often you see an established company burn through three CEOs in less than a year. But through circumstances beyond its control, that’s what has happened at Slack, the company Salesforce acquired in 2020 for $28 billion. Jones herself had replaced company co-founder Stewart Butterfield when he announced that he was leaving at the end of 2022. “And then you think about Salesforce having this incredible set of customer data, some of the world’s most valued data. Even though Harris brings a long history of building Salesforce, Slack is losing a person who has a deep understanding of Slack’s technical underpinnings.