Why Salesforce bought Slack
Salesforce’s president Bret Taylor talks about how the pandemic helped Salesforce and Slack bring their businesses together.
Salesforce’s president Bret Taylor talks about how the pandemic helped Salesforce and Slack bring their businesses together.
“It’s a time for people and companies who are resilient to adversity to grow.”
— Bret Taylor
Bret Taylor is the president and COO of Salesforce. Bret was a key architect of Salesforce’s $28 billion deal for Slack, an announcement that got investment markets and tech firms buzzing.
Bob Safian is the host of Masters of Scale: Rapid Response, and the editor-at-large for Masters of Scale. He’s the founder of The Flux Group, a media, insights, and strategic advisory firm. He was previously editor-in-chief of Fast Company, where he won the National Magazine Award for Magazine of the Year in 2014.