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Startup mafia · Lineage

The Salesforce Mafia

Salesforce alumni behind a wave of enterprise SaaS companies.

14 founders 24 companies Root: Salesforce →
Lineage of SalesforceSalesforceSalesforceBret TaylorBret TaylorFriendFeedFriendFeedQuipQuipSierraSierraStephan SchambachStephan SchambachIntershopIntershopDemandwareDemandwareNewStoreNewStoreTom ChavezTom ChavezKanaKanaKetchKetchRaptRaptAdam EvansAdam EvansAirKitAirKitrelateIQrelateIQAnshu SharmaAnshu SharmaSkyflowSkyflowResilience AIResilience AIHowie LiuHowie LiuEtactsEtactsAirtableAirtableVivek VaidyaVivek VaidyaKanaKanaKetchKetchEvan ReiserEvan ReiserAbnormal SecurityAbnormal SecurityFrederic KerrestFrederic KerrestOktaOktaMax RudmanMax RudmanProdlyProdlyPrakash KhotPrakash KhotSkyflowSkyflowSanjay JeyakumarSanjay JeyakumarAbnormal SecurityAbnormal SecuritySteve LoughlinSteve LoughlinrelateIQrelateIQTodd McKinnonTodd McKinnonOktaOkta
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Every founder in the Salesforce lineage

14 founders · 24 companies

Founders who worked at or founded Salesforce and went on to build their own companies.

B Bret Taylor 3 founded
FriendFeed 2007 Quip 2012 Sierra 2023
S Stephan Schambach 3 founded
Intershop 1992 Demandware 2004 NewStore 2015
T Tom Chavez 3 founded
Kana Ketch Rapt
A Adam Evans 2 founded
AirKit relateIQ
A Anshu Sharma 2 founded
Skyflow 2019 Resilience AI
H Howie Liu 2 founded
Etacts 2010 Airtable 2012
V Vivek Vaidya 2 founded
Kana Ketch
E Evan Reiser 1 founded
Abnormal Security 2018
F Frederic Kerrest 1 founded
Okta 2009
M Max Rudman 1 founded
Prodly
P Prakash Khot 1 founded
Skyflow 2019
S Sanjay Jeyakumar 1 founded
Abnormal Security 2018
S Steve Loughlin 1 founded
relateIQ
T Todd McKinnon 1 founded
Okta 2009
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