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Slack CEO Butterfield to depart next month

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Updated: Dec 5, 2022, 17:20 UTC

(Reuters) - Workplace messaging platform Slack's Chief Executive Officer Stewart Butterfield plans to leave the company in January, the Business Insider reported on Monday.

Stewart Butterfield, Slack CEO and co-founder, attends the annual Allen and Co. Sun Valley media conference in Sun Valley, Idaho

(Reuters) -Slack Chief Executive Officer Stewart Butterfield plans to leave the workplace messaging platform in January, parent company Salesforce 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.

(Reporting by Eva Mathews in Bengaluru; Editing by Sherry Jacob-Phillips)

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