(2022-12-05) Slack Ceo Stewart Butterfield Is Leaving In January

Slack.com CEO Stewart Butterfield is leaving in January. Slack CEO and co-founder Stewart Butterfield is leaving Salesforce.com in January, reports Business Insider

after less than two years at Salesforce.

comes just days after Salesforce CEO Bret Taylor also announced he’s leaving the company. 2022-11-30-BretTaylorIsSteppingDownAsSalesforceCoCeo

Lidiane Jones, currently executive VP & GM of digital experiences clouds, will take over as Slack CEO in January.

Cal Henderson remains the CTO which is good because he’s plainly, no exaggeration, the best CTO in the world. And, Slack’s own Noah Weiss is the new Chief Product Officer. In his seven years (!) as part of Slack he’s led product development in nearly every area at one point or another, and the ambition of our product strategy owes a lot to his leadership

Well, we started this company 13.5 years ago (though it’s “only” been 10 years since we started development of Slack itself).

We have a new baby coming in January. Can I tell you something? I fantasize about gardening. So, I’m going to work on some personal projects, focus on health, and try to learn as many new things as I can.