Bret Taylor explains how he worked his way up to COO of Salesforce, only a few years after selling his startup to the company for $750 million

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Bret Taylor is now the chief operating officer of Salesforce, taking on a greater leadership role with more influence over the future of the company.

. He is now the cloud software company's chief operating officer.

Taylor also highlighted Salesforce's platform and culture of innovation as a reason many entrepreneurs who join the company choose to stay. has left his mark on every tech company he's worked at, including the company he's currently at — Salesforce. He helped lead Facebook through its 2012 IPO and is credited with creating the like button. Earlier, at Google, he was on team that created Google Maps.

"My philosophy is I just lean into the job that I'm doing ...When we sold to Salesforce, it was with good intentions, we're doing it because we want to be a part of this company and help grow it ... it wasn't transactional, it was based on a premise of trying to make something." Taylor said. Taylor also said his experience with acquisitions — both having a company get acquired and being at the company doing the acquiring — gave him a realistic perspective about what it would be like. Being acquired by Salesforce meant big changes for Quip and discussing those changes ahead of time made a big difference, he said.

 

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