Two other Slack executives are also reportedly leaving along with Butterfield: chief product officer Tamar Yehoshua and senior vice-president Jonathan Prince.ġ/ Today is a new and exciting day for me, and I am proud to be named Slack's new CEO, accepting the baton from the thoughtful and innovative found In true Slack fashion, here's a 🧵on my thoughts. He’s built an incredible company that has redefined modern collaboration with a team grounded in humility and innovation.” “Simply put, there would be no Slack without Stewart. “I am proud to be named Slack’s new CEO, accepting the baton from the thoughtful and innovative founder Stewart,” Jones tweeted. He will be succeeded by long-time Salesforce cloud executive Lidiane Jones. “Planning has been in the works for several months. However, Butterfield told employees in an internal Slack message that his departure is unrelated to Taylor’s, according to Axios. This comes less than a week after it was announced that Bret Taylor will be stepping down as vice-chair and co-CEO of Salesforce early next year.

Stewart Butterfield, the co-founder and CEO of Slack, is stepping down from his role and leaving parent company Salesforce in early January.

Lidiane Jones, a cloud executive at parent company Salesforce, will take over from Butterfield next month.

Slack ceo