Where does Bret Taylor work?

Bret Taylor is Co-Founder of Sierra and Chairman of the Board at OpenAI and Executive at Salesforce.

Where did Bret Taylor go to school?

Bret Taylor studied at Stanford University (MS, Computer Science); Stanford University (BS, Computer Science).

Bret Taylor

Unicorn founder

Co-Founder at Sierra · Chairman of the Board at OpenAI · Executive at Salesforce

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedSierra$15.8B

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About

He serves as chairman of the board at OpenAI and previously spent seven years at Salesforce, where he was co-CEO, president and COO, and president and chief product officer after the company acquired Quip, which he led as CEO. He also sat on Twitter's board from 2016 to 2022, serving as chairman in his final year.

Co-Founder at Sierra

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Sierra's investors · 15

BenchmarkSan Francisco · $100K – $30M checks · since 2026 Comcast VenturesNew York · $2M – $15M checks ConvictionSan Francisco · $1M – $25M checks Everybody Ventures$100K checks GreenoaksSan Francisco · $1M – $50M checks · since 2026 GV (Google Ventures)Mountain View · $250K – $50M checks · since 2026 ICONIQSan Francisco Kleiner PerkinsMenlo Park · $500K – $15M checks Mech VenturesLas Vegas Sequoia CapitalMenlo Park · $4.4M – $214M checks SoftBank Vision FundLondon SV AngelSan Francisco Thrive CapitalNew York · $500K – $25M checks Tiger Global ManagementNew York · $1M – $100M checks · since 2026 Westbound Equity PartnersPalo Alto · $750K – $2M checks

Co-founders at Sierra

Clay BavorCo-Founder

Chairman of the Board at OpenAI

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OpenAI's investors · 61

A.Capital VenturesSan Francisco A'Z AngelsLos Gatos Advent InternationalBoston · $1.1B checks Alpha Wave GlobalMiami Altimeter CapitalMenlo Park · $1M – $25M checks · since 2026 Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checks AntiSan Juan · $250K – $30M checks BedrockLos Angeles · $5M – $30M checks boldstart venturesMiami · $1M – $3M checks Coatue ManagementNew York · $1M – $20M checks Cosmic Venture PartnersAustin · $100K – $5M checks Dragoneer Investment GroupSan Francisco · $100K – $5M checks · since 2025 Eastlink Capital PartnersMenlo Park · $100K – $5M checks Emerson Collective InvestingPalo Alto · $100K – $1M checks Everybody Ventures$100K checks Felicis VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $15M checks Firestreak Ventures Founders FundSan Francisco · $500K – $5M checks Frontier VenturesCupertino · $100K – $5M checks Galdana VenturesBarcelona Gestio CapitalLondon Glynn Capital ManagementMenlo Park Greylock PartnersSan Francisco · $100K – $200M checks HOF CapitalNew York · $25K – $15M checks ICONIQSan Francisco Ineffable VenturesStamford Kaleida CapitalSan Diego Khosla VenturesMenlo Park · $5K – $50M checks Lakeside CapitalTampa · $100K – $250K checks Madrona Venture GroupSeattle · $2M – $10M checks MastrySan Francisco Maverick VenturesSan Francisco · $3M – $10M checks Mech VenturesLas Vegas MGXAbu Dhabi · since 2025 Next Legacy PartnersPortola Valley NVIDIASanta Clara Ossian Capital Peter Thiel Riverbend CapitalWashington Rosecliff VenturesNew York City · $500K checks Sanctor CapitalNew York Sequoia CapitalMenlo Park · $4.4M – $214M checks SGH CapitalParis SoftBank GroupTokyo SoftBank Vision FundLondon Soma CapitalSacramento · $100K – $300K checks Sound VenturesSanta Monica SparkLabs KoreaPalo Alto SquareOne CapitalMiami Stack CapitalToronto Standard CapitalSan Francisco SV AngelSan Francisco T. Rowe PriceBaltimore · since 2025 Thrive CapitalNew York · $500K – $25M checks · since 2025 Touring CapitalSan Francisco Type One VenturesLos Angeles · $100K – $5M checks Valkyrie Ventures Management, LlcPark City VU Venture PartnersSan Francisco · $200K – $1M checks WAGMI Ventures WealthUnion$10K checks XYZ Venture CapitalSan Francisco · $10K – $5M checks

Co-founders at OpenAI

Sam AltmanCo-founder & CEO

Elon MuskCo-founder & former Co-chair / board member

Greg BrockmanCo-founder & President

Ilya SutskeverCo-founder & Chief Scientist

Wojciech ZarembaCo-founder

John SchulmanCo-founder (departed 2024)

Andrej KarpathyCo-founder

Trevor BlackwellCo-founder

Executive at Salesforce

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Salesforce's investors · 3

Baseline VenturesJackson · $100K – $1M checks Emergence Capital PartnersSan Francisco · $500K – $10M checks Meritech Capital PartnersPalo Alto · $5M – $40M checks

Co-founders at Salesforce

Parker HarrisExecutive Officer

Marc BenioffChair of the Board, CEO and co-Founder

Experience

OpenAIChairman of the Boardcurrent2023 — present
SierraCo-Foundercurrent2023 — present
SalesforceCo-CEO2021 — 2023
SalesforcePresident and Chief Operating Officer2019 — 2021
SalesforcePresident and Chief Product Officer2017 — 2019
SalesforceCEO of Quip2016 — 2017
TwitterChairman of the Board2021 — 2022
TwitterBoard Member2016 — 2021
AxonBoard Member2014 — 2019
QuipCEO2012 — 2017San Francisco, CA
FacebookChief Technology Officer2009 — 2012
FriendFeedCEO2007 — 2009
Benchmark CapitalEntrepreneur in Residence2007
GoogleGroup Product Manager2003 — 2007

Frequently asked questions

Who is Bret Taylor?: He serves as chairman of the board at OpenAI and previously spent seven years at Salesforce, where he was co-CEO, president and COO, and president and chief product officer after the company acquired Quip, which he led as CEO. He also sat on Twitter's board from 2016 to 2022, serving as chairman in his final year.
Where does Bret Taylor work?: Bret Taylor is Co-Founder of Sierra and Chairman of the Board at OpenAI and Executive at Salesforce.
What companies did Bret Taylor found?: Bret Taylor founded Sierra.
Where did Bret Taylor go to school?: Bret Taylor studied at Stanford University (MS, Computer Science); Stanford University (BS, Computer Science).

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