So I'm going to work on some personal projects, focus on health, and try to learn as many new things as I can.

Can I tell you something? I fantasize about gardening. Though it may sounds hackneyed, I actually am going to spend more time with my family. I am not going off to do something entrepreneurial. So: why? Well, we started this company 13.5 years ago (though it's 'only' been 1- years since we started development of Slack itself). He's going to keep the bar high, and then keep pushing it higher. 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. And, Slack's own Noah Weiss is the new Chief Product Officer. Their impact will be felt for as long as Slack is around.Ĭal remains the CTO which is good because he's plainly, no exaggeration, the best CTO in the world. Their individual contributions as leaders were indispensable but they were also team players and helped make us an all-star executive team. There were more more experienced than me and taught me a lot (probably more than I know, even now). Tamar and Jonathan arrived within a month of each other at a critical point in Slack's development as a new company. Planning has been in the works for several months. (FWIW, this has nothing to do with Bret's departure. Slack will have a new CEO: Lidiane Jones.

Also, both Tamar and Jonathan Prince are leaving. 'In early January, I'll be stepping down as CEO of Slack. Insider obtained the full copy of the memo. The news comes just days after Salesforce, which bought Slack in 2020 for nearly $28 billion, announced its CEO Bret Taylor is departing the company in early 2023. Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield announced Monday morning that he is leaving Salesforce in January, according to an announcement Butterfield posted to a company Slack channel that was viewed by Insider. Insider obtained a copy of Butterfield's memo to staff.The news comes days after Salesforce announced its CEO Bret Taylor is also stepping down.Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield announced Monday that he's leaving Salesforce, Slack's corporate owner.Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.

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