CRM Salesforce Inc

By Will Feuer

Salesforce Inc. said Stewart Butterfield, the chief executive and cofounder of Slack, plans to exit the company, a move that comes days after Salesforce said co-CEO Bret Taylor would exit the company in January.

Mr. Butterfield will be succeeded by Lidiane Jones, a current Salesforce cloud executive, as the next Slack CEO, a spokeswoman said. Salesforce agreed in 2020 to buy Slack in a $27.7 billion deal.

"Lidiane has a strong background in customer and enterprise tech and has been among Salesforce's leadership for over three years," the spokeswoman said.

Insider first reported Mr. Butterfield's plans to depart.

Write to Will Feuer at Will.Feuer@wsj.com

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December 05, 2022 12:54 ET (17:54 GMT)

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