Salesforce Executive Denise Dresser Appointed as New Slack CEO
Dresser Succeeds Lidiane Jones, Who Is Leaving to Become CEO of Bumble Inc..
- Salesforce executive Denise Dresser has been appointed as the new CEO of Slack, succeeding Lidiane Jones who is leaving to become CEO of Bumble Inc.
- Dresser, a 12-year Salesforce veteran, has held several executive positions and is currently the president of accelerated industries at Salesforce.
- Lidiane Jones, who led Slack for less than a year, will start as CEO of Bumble Inc. on January 2, succeeding founding CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd.
- Dresser becomes the third CEO of Slack in roughly one year, following the departures of founding CEO Stewart Butterfield and Lidiane Jones.
- Salesforce, which acquired Slack in 2021, has seen a series of executive departures over the past year.