Salesforce names longtime executive Denise Dresser as Slack CEO, its third leader in the past year; Dresser was previously president of accelerated industries
“Denise is an incredible business leader who has excelled at every level in her career at Salesforce,” Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff …
Context & Ripple Effects
Salesforce bought Slack in a $27.7B acquisition in 2020, making the collaboration product a strategic part of its broader enterprise software portfolio rather than a standalone company. By 2023, Slack was also being tied more directly to Salesforce’s sales products through Sales Elevate’s deeper Sales Cloud integration.
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