SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 12, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Salesforce
(NYSE: CRM), the global leader in CRM, today announced that
Salesforce President and Chief Product Officer Bret Taylor has been appointed President and
Chief Operating Officer. In this role, Taylor will lead
Salesforce's global product vision, engineering, security,
marketing and communications. Taylor will continue to report to
Chairman and co-CEO Marc
Benioff.
"Bret has been the chief architect of our product vision,
development and go-to-market strategy, driving success for our
customers with our industry-leading Customer 360 platform," said
Salesforce Chairman and co-CEO Marc
Benioff. "His expanded portfolio of responsibilities will
enable us to drive even greater customer success and innovation as
we experience rapid growth at scale."
"Bret has been an amazing leader and partner throughout his time
at Salesforce," said Salesforce co-CEO Keith Block. "This is the natural next step for
our company as we continue to drive innovation and deliver the
incredible experiences our customers expect from Salesforce."
Taylor is the co-founder and former CEO of Quip, which was
acquired by Salesforce in 2016. He has spent his career building
widely used products for businesses and consumers. Prior to
founding Quip, Taylor served as the Chief Technology Officer of
Facebook, which he joined in 2009 after it acquired his social
networking company, FriendFeed. Bret also spent several years at
Google, where he co-created Google Maps. Taylor is a member of
Twitter's board of directors. He graduated from Stanford University with a B.S. and M.S. in
Computer Science.
About Salesforce
Salesforce is the global leader in
Customer Relationship Management (CRM), bringing companies closer
to their customers in the digital age. Founded in 1999, Salesforce
enables companies of every size and industry to take advantage of
powerful technologies—cloud, mobile, social, internet of things,
artificial intelligence, voice and blockchain—to create a
360-degree view of their customers. For more information about
Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), visit: www.salesforce.com.
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