Slack’s CEO Is Back in The Passenger Seat After Salesforce Deal

Known to chafe under the reins of corporate control, Butterfield may have a better match with Marc Benioff

Butterfield at the NYSE during the company’s IPO in 2019. Butterfield at the NYSE during the company’s IPO in 2019. Photo: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg

By Ellen Huet and Nico Grant

With a sale to Salesforce, Slack’s co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Stewart Butterfield is back in a familiar position…