Slack CEO Butterfield to depart next month
Reuters
Published Dec 05, 2022 11:53AM ET
Updated Dec 05, 2022 12:15PM ET
(Reuters) -Slack Chief Executive Officer Stewart Butterfield plans to leave the workplace messaging platform in January, parent company Salesforce (NYSE:CRM) Inc said on Monday.
Lidiane Jones, who is the senior vice-president of product management for Salesforce Commerce Cloud, will take over as CEO of Slack, a company spokesperson said.
Business Insider had first reported the news earlier in the day.
Shares in Salesforce, a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, slumped about 4%.
Salesforce had acquired Slack last year in a nearly $28 billion deal following a massive bet that Slack's workplace app will become popular for collaborations within and between companies.
Last week, Salesforce stock tumbled after co-CEO Bret Taylor's sudden exit caught Wall Street off guard and raised concerns about the merit in having two leaders.
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