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Salesforce

Cloud-based customer relationship management (CRM) software company.

Public Founded 1999 San Francisco USA Enterprise Software
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Founders

10
A
Adam Evans
Co-founder
 D
Dave Moellenhoff
Co-founder
 F
Frank Dominguez
Co-founder
 K
Kass Lazerow
Co-founder
 M
Marc Benioff
Co-founder & CEO
 M
Max Rudman
Co-founder
 M
Michael Lazerow
Co-founder
 P
Parker Harris
Co-founder
 S
Stephan Schambach
Co-founder
 S
Steve Loughlin
Co-founder

Where its founders came from

2

The companies and labs that produced Salesforce’s founders.

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The Salesforce diaspora

15 companies Open the full tree →

People who worked at or founded Salesforce and went on to start their own companies.

Lineage of SalesforceSalesforceSalesforceBret TaylorBret TaylorFriendFeedFriendFeedQuipQuipSierraSierraAnshu SharmaAnshu SharmaSkyflowSkyflowResilience AIResilience AIHowie LiuHowie LiuEtactsEtactsAirtableAirtableStephan SchambachStephan SchambachIntershopIntershopNewStoreNewStoreEvan ReiserEvan ReiserAbnormal SecurityAbnormal SecurityFrederic KerrestFrederic KerrestOktaOktaMax RudmanMax RudmanProdlyProdlyPrakash KhotPrakash KhotSkyflowSkyflowSanjay JeyakumarSanjay JeyakumarAbnormal SecurityAbnormal SecurityTodd McKinnonTodd McKinnonOktaOkta
The Salesforce lineage graph — click any node to keep exploring. ↓ CSV↓ JSON
A 2 founded
Skyflow 2019 Resilience AI
B 3 founded
FriendFeed 2007 Quip 2012 Sierra 2023
E 1 founded
Abnormal Security 2018
F 1 founded
Okta 2009
H 2 founded
Etacts 2010 Airtable 2012
M 1 founded
Prodly
P 1 founded
Skyflow 2019
S 1 founded
Abnormal Security 2018
S 2 founded
Intershop 1992 NewStore 2015
T 1 founded
Okta 2009

Acquisitions

2
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Quip
Productivity · USA
AcquiredFounded 2012
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Slack
Enterprise Software · USA
Acquired 🦄 UnicornFounded 2009

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