Stewart Butterfield speaks on November 08, 2019 in San Francisco, California.Phillip Faraone | Getty ImagesSalesforce said on Monday that Slack founder and CEO Stewart Butterfield is leaving the company. He’ll be replaced by Lidiane Jones, an executive vice president at Salesforce who joined in 2019.Butterfield’s announced departure comes days after Salesforce said co-CEO Bret Taylor was stepping down just a year after being promoted to the share the top job with Marc Benioff, Salesforce’s co-founder.Benioff informed employees on a call on Monday that Butterfield was leaving, according to people familiar with the matter who asked not to be named because they weren’t authorized to speak on the record. Salesforce acquired Slack for about $27 billion last year, its largest purchase ever. The deal was announced in late 2020.”Stewart is an incredible leader who created an amazing, beloved company in Slack,” a company spokesperson told CNBC in a statement. “He has helped lead the successful integration of Slack into Salesforce and today Slack is woven into the Salesforce Customer 360 platform. Stewart also was instrumental in choosing Lidiane Jones as the next Slack CEO to lead it into its next chapter. Lidiane has a strong background in customer and enterprise tech and has been among Salesforce’s leadership for over …
