What is the Salesforce mafia?

The Salesforce mafia is the network of 235 people who came through Salesforce and went on to found or lead other companies, including Contentful, Adobe, Personify, Onos Health AI for behavioral health management Health, Opendate.

Who is in the Salesforce mafia?

Notable members include Alexander Bruehl (Contentful), Steve Lucas (Adobe), Scott Collison (Personify), Suhaas Prasad (Onos Health AI for behavioral health management Health), Eric Tobias (Opendate), Richard Socher (AIX Ventures), Dave Kellogg (Marklogic), Kanishka Maheshwari (InterPrime), among 235 tracked members.

What companies did Salesforce alumni found?

Companies founded by Salesforce alumni include Contentful, Adobe, Personify, Onos Health AI for behavioral health management Health, Opendate, AIX Ventures, Marklogic, InterPrime, Etacts, G2.

The Salesforce Mafia

235 people came through Salesforce and went on to found or lead other companies.

Alexander BruehlCo-Investor ⇨ ContentfulFounded Contentful +6 Steve LucasSVP, Platform Marketing & Force.comFounded Adobe +3 Scott CollisonVice President, Platform Partners & Go to MarketFounded Personify +2 Suhaas PrasadSoftware DeveloperFounded Onos Health AI for behavioral health management Health +2 Eric TobiasVice President, ProductFounded Opendate +1 Richard SocherChief Scientist, EVPFounded AIX Ventures +1 Dave KelloggSVP/GM of Service CloudFounded Marklogic +1 Kanishka MaheshwariLead Software EngineerFounded InterPrime +1 Howie LiuProductsFounded Etacts +1 Matt GorniakSVP - WW Salesforce Quote-to-CashFounded G2 +1 Mehul NariyawalaMarketing ManagerFounded Matic Robots +1 Jason ChenProductFounded Verge Genomics +1 Evan BeardSenior Member of Technical Staff, Software EngineeringFounded Standard Bots +1 Matthew RastovacDirector, Product - AgentforceFounded Atmos +1 Brendan WoodMember of Technical Staff, R&DFounded Hostie +1 Will WangSoftware EngineerFounded Even Realities +1 Upeka BeeAssociate Software EngineerFounded DianaHR +1 Andrew ChurchillSoftware Engineer InternFounded Weaveos +1 Shubham MalhotraSoftware Engineer InternFounded GamingMonk +1 Gary WuProductFounded Instaplay +1 Henry IrishDeveloperFounded Platformed +1 Andrew BoniEVP & Global Chief Pipeline OfficerFounded Scancafe +1 Andre EstevaHead of Medical AIFounded Cresta +1 Aman NaimatPresident - AI LabsFounded Regrello +1 Jonathan KirstProduct Owner, Data.com API and Enterprise ApplicationsFounded Roostify +1 Max RudmanVice President, Product Management, CPQFounded SteelBrick +1 Christopher DeckPartner Advisory Board MemberFounded Deck Commerce +1 Scott ShiTechnical LeadFounded Zettablock +1 Tom RogersSalesforce ICM SpecialistFounded Variabl +1 Alex BardEVP & GMFounded Campaign Monitor Scott DorseyCEO, Salesforce Marketing CloudFounded High Alpha Kartik TalwarInfrastructure Software DeveloperFounded ETHGlobal Magdalena YesilFounding Board MemberFounded Market Pay Dan ReichDirector of Account ManagementFounded Slapsnacks Sriharsha GuduguntlaSoftware Engineer InternFounded Hyperbound Amy ChangBoard of DirectorsFounded Accompani Tal BrownSenior Product ManagerFounded Zone7 Linda CrawfordSVP, Sales Strategy and ProductivityFounded Helpshift Denise DresserExecutive Vice PresidentFounded Slack Oscar MunozBoard MemberFounded United Airlines Kevin MayerAdvisory Board MemberFounded Candle Media Antoine BlondeauVice President & GM Wireless Products DivisionFounded Crypto Ash ZenoozChief Medical OfficerFounded Caregentic Adam GrossVP, Platform and Developer MarketingFounded Personify Nobu NakaguchiInteraction DesignerFounded Zola Vivek VaidyaSVP Engineering and CTO, Salesforce Marketing CloudFounded Kana Steve LoughlinCEO SalesforceIQFounded RelateIQ Melissa Di DonatoArea Vice President, EMEA and APAC, ISV/OEM force.com PlatformFounded Kyriba Corp Brendan O'ConnorSVP, Chief Trust Officer (CSO)Founded AppOmni Doug CamplejohnEVP and GM, Sales CloudFounded Coffee AI John RobbDigital Engagement & Voice AI Product TeamFounded Stride Maynard WebbDirectorFounded LiveOps Jeff YoshimuraDIRECTOR PRODUCT MARKETING & APPEXCHANGE ALLIANCES (NYSE: CRM)Founded Anyteam Sarah FriarSenior Vice President, Finance & StrategyFounded Nextdoor Tien TzuoChief Strategy Officer, Chief Marketing OfficerFounded Zuora Dave YenSenior Manager, Technical Product MarketingFounded Roomblocker Russell NibbelinkSoftware Engineering InternFounded Overview Avikam AgurPrincipal Member of Technical StaffFounded Weav Iain UsiriProduct ManagerFounded Ramani Lydia HanProduct Manager, Salesforce IoT CloudFounded ModernLoop Gabriel Bayomi KalejaiyeSoftware Engineer, Machine LearningFounded Openlayer Artem GolubevSenior Engineering ManagerFounded testRigor Vikram SreedharCampus Brand AmbassadorFounded Shimmer Deboshree DuttaSenior Director of Product ManagementFounded Criya Christina SeongGlobal Strategic PlanningFounded Versable Rani MavramProduct InternFounded Complete Joseph SciarrinoSenior Account Executive, Heroku at Salesforce.comFounded Hydra Avery YipData ScientistFounded Vessel Tony GinartPrincipal ScientistFounded Dialect Shariar KabirSoftware EngineerFounded Ruby Card Rohan PunamiaSenior Director of Product ManagementFounded Bluebirds Kunal PuneraVice President of Engineering, Agentforce SalesFounded Bluebirds Baruch OxmanPrincipal Software Engineer, Sales Cloud EinsteinFounded Honeydew Sahil SinglaSWEFounded Retape Stefan KrawczykSoftware ArchitectFounded DAGWorks Inc.Elijah ben IzzySoftware Engineering ArchitectFounded DAGWorks Inc.Jatin MehtaSenior Member of Technical StaffFounded Speedy Labs Rishabh PanwarLead Member of Technical Staff - AI Voice AgentsFounded Watto AI Ishita BhandariSoftware Engineering LMTSFounded Watto AI Suryansh SoniLead Member of Technical Staff - AgentforceFounded Watto AI Haris IkramSenior Director of Product ManagementFounded CandorIQ Sutthipong ThavisomboonPrincipal Member Of Technical StaffFounded CandorIQ Sona SulakianFinance & StrategyFounded Pincites Amrutha GujjarMember of Technical StaffFounded Structured Labs Shivam SinghalPrincipal MTSFounded Structured Labs Maksim IvanovSoftware Engineering InternFounded Agentic Labs Brian CripeLead Member Of Technical StaffFounded OneGrep Jeffrey LamotheLead Software EngineerFounded Clarion Grant MargerumAssociate Demo EngineerFounded crmCopilot Daniel DriscollManager, Software EngineeringFounded Elodin Mike PolcariMember of Technical StaffFounded Haplotype Labs Nikhil AjjarapuSales Engineer, Public SectorFounded Rescript Gokul KumarresenEngineeringFounded Asha Health Celia ManzanoSolutions ArchitectFounded Rebolt Smit DagliSoftware EngineerFounded Kanava AI Cathy DiAssociate Product Manager InternFounded Dedalus Labs

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Frequently asked questions

What is the Salesforce mafia?: The Salesforce mafia is the network of 235 people who came through Salesforce and went on to found or lead other companies, including Contentful, Adobe, Personify, Onos Health AI for behavioral health management Health, Opendate.
Who is in the Salesforce mafia?: Notable members include Alexander Bruehl (Contentful), Steve Lucas (Adobe), Scott Collison (Personify), Suhaas Prasad (Onos Health AI for behavioral health management Health), Eric Tobias (Opendate), Richard Socher (AIX Ventures), Dave Kellogg (Marklogic), Kanishka Maheshwari (InterPrime), among 235 tracked members.
What companies did Salesforce alumni found?: Companies founded by Salesforce alumni include Contentful, Adobe, Personify, Onos Health AI for behavioral health management Health, Opendate, AIX Ventures, Marklogic, InterPrime, Etacts, G2.