Salesforce’s Most Important Departures and Hires in 2021

By Catherine S. Jones 4 years ago
  • Salesforce has seen some significant executive upheaval so far this year, including C-suite execs. 
  • The former CMO, CFO, and Tableau CEO all departed: Stephanie Buscemi, Mark Hawkins, and Adam Selipsky.
  • Here are the most important executives who left Salesforce this year and four new ones who joined.
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Salesforce has experienced some significant executive upheaval so far this year, including the departures of several members of its C-suite.

In January, Stephanie Buscemi left her role as chief marketing officer and former chief financial officer Mark Hawkins retired. Internal candidates replaced them both: Sarah Franklin — best known for founding Salesforce’s online learning platform Trailhead — became the new marketing chief and Amy Weaver shifted from to finance from legal.

In March, former Tableau CEO Adam Selipsky announced plans to leave the company for a role as the CEO of Amazon Web Services, with Tableau product leader Mark Nelson filling his shoes. More recently, Salesforce’s chief equality and recruiting officer Tony Prophet retired after five years at the company, Insider learned.

Salesforce has also seen a number of top execs leave to join startups, including chief medical officer Ashwini Zenooz  and Tableau CFO Damon Fletcher.

However, alongside the departures came some new executive additions, too, like new Service Cloud CEO Clara Shih.

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 CEO Stewart Butterfield is also set to join the company once the $27.7 billion purchase closes at the end of this month. 

Here are the 13 most important executives who left Salesforce this year and the four who joined since January:

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