Bret Taylor

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About

Bret Taylor has served as a member of our Board of Directors since June 2023. Mr. Taylor is currently the Board Chair of OpenAI and co-founder of Sierra Technologies, Inc.  Mr. Taylor is the former Co-Chief Executive Officer of Salesforce, a cloud-based customer relationship management company, where he served in that role and as Vice Chair of the company’s board of directors from November 2021 to January 2023. Before November 2021, Mr. Taylor held several leadership roles at Salesforce, including President and Chief Operating Officer from December 2019 to November 2021, President and Chief Product Officer from November 2017 to December 2019, and President, of Quip from August 2016 to November 2017.

Mr Taylor joined Salesforce through the acquisition of Quip, a business collaboration software company, where he was co-founder and served as Chief Executive Officer from 2012 to 2016. Before launching Quip, he served as Chief Technology Officer of Facebook from 2009 to 2012 and Chief Executive Officer of FriendFeed from 2007 to 2009. Before 2007, Mr. Taylor served as Group Product Manager at Google, where he co-created Google Maps and the Google Maps API. Mr Taylor has previously served as a director of Salesforce (NYSE), Axon Enterprise (NASDAQ) and Twitter.

 

Personal Details

Title: Mr
Surname: Taylor
Known as: Bret
DoB: 10/07/1980
Age: 46 years
M/F: Male
Nationality: American
Country of Birth: United States of America
Language: English
Qualification: BSc, MSc
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CompanyCommitteePositionDate Appointed
BoardOther Official01/03/2023
BoardChairperson01/11/2023

 

Working history

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Chief Technology Officer

Facebook
Appointed Date: 01/08/2009
Date Resigned: 01/07/2012
Industry: Software and IT

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Chief Executive Officer

Salesforce.com
Appointed Date: 01/11/2021
Date Resigned: 01/01/2023
Industry: Software and IT

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Member

Shopify Inc.
Appointed Date: 01/06/2023
Date Resigned: 01/01/2025
Industry: eCommerce

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