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Keith Block

Investor

Founder & CEO at Smith Point Capital · Executive at Salesforce

City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

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About

Keith Block is the CEO and Founder of Smith Point Capital, an enterprise software growth equity firm. He previously served as co-CEO of Salesforce, where he was also Vice Chairman and COO and a member of the board of directors from 2013 to 2020, and earlier held the role of executive vice president of North America at Oracle. Block co-founded the Block Center for Technology and Society at Carnegie Mellon University, where he holds a bachelor's degree in Information Systems and a master's degree in Management and Policy Analysis, and serves on boards including State Farm Insurance Company and Carnegie Mellon University.

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Salesforce's investors · 3

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

Co-founders at Salesforce

PHParker Harris
Parker HarrisExecutive Officer
MBMarc Benioff
Marc BenioffChair of the Board, CEO and co-Founder

Experience

  1. Smith Point Capital, LLCCEO, Founder at Smith Point Capitalcurrent2022 — presentBoston, MA
  2. SalesforceAdvisor to CEO2020
  3. SalesforceCo-CEO2018 — 2020San Francisco, California
  4. SalesforceVice Chairman, President and COO2013 — 2018
  5. Oracle CorporationEVP North America2002 — 2012Burlington, MA
  6. Oracle CorporationEVP, N. America Consulting & Global Service Lines, 20022002Burlington, MA
  7. Oracle CorporationSVP, North America Consulting, 1999-20021999 — 2002Burlington, MA
  8. Oracle CorporationGroup VP East Commercial &Global Consumer Product Goods1997 — 1999Burlington, MA
  9. Oracle CorporationRegional VP Northeast1986 — 1997Boston, MA
  10. Booz Allen HamiltonSenior Consultant1984 — 1986Boston, MA

Colleagues at Smith Point Capital

Andy Kofoid
President, Databricks at Smith Point Capital
Ari Schmorak
Head of Go-to-Market and Product Operations at Stripe at Smith Point Capital
Brooke Kiley Slattery
Principal Investor at Smith Point Capital
Burke Norton
Co-founder & Managing Director at Smith Point Capital
Christopher Lytle
Co-founder & Managing Director at Smith Point Capital
Denise Dresser
Chief Revenue Officer, OpenAI at Smith Point Capital
Jeff Sanders
Global CEO & Board Practice, Heidrick & Struggles at Smith Point Capital
Jesse Myllymäki
Creative at Proxy Ventures

Frequently asked questions

Who is Keith Block?
Keith Block is the CEO and Founder of Smith Point Capital, an enterprise software growth equity firm. He previously served as co-CEO of Salesforce, where he was also Vice Chairman and COO and a member of the board of directors from 2013 to 2020, and earlier held the role of executive vice president of North America at Oracle. Block co-founded the Block Center for Technology and Society at Carnegie Mellon University, where he holds a bachelor's degree in Information Systems and a master's degree in Management and Policy Analysis, and serves on boards including State Farm Insurance Company and Carnegie Mellon University.
Where does Keith Block work?
Keith Block is Founder & CEO at Smith Point Capital and Executive at Salesforce.
Where did Keith Block go to school?
Keith Block studied at Carnegie Mellon University (M.S. & B.S., Graduate - Management & Policy Analysis, Undergraduate - Information Systems).

Founder mafias

Carnegie Mellon University mafia481

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Kai-Fu LeeResearch Computer Scientist / Assistant ProfessorFounded 01Lucy GuoComputer Science & Human-Computer InteractionsFounded Passes +1Guillaume LampleMaster's degreeFounded Mistral AIJoshua XuMaster's degreeFounded HeyGenJonathan RothbergBachelor of Science (BS)Founded Raindance Technologies +4Andrew NgBachelor of Science - BSFounded Factored +3

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Smith Point Capital mafia2

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Denise DresserAdvisor (Chief Revenue Officer, OpenAI)Founded Salesforce

Same school

Also attended Carnegie Mellon University730

Kai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AILucy GuoCo-founder of Scale AI; founder & CEO of PassesGuillaume LampleCo-founder & Chief Scientist of Mistral AIJoshua XuCo-founder & CEO of HeyGenJavier SolteroSenior Venture Partner at Felicis VenturesAvi BharadwajInvestment Director at Intel Capital

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Shared employers

Also worked at Salesforce447

Mark SusterManaging Partner at Upfront VenturesMarc BenioffCo-founder, Chair & CEO of SalesforceParker HarrisCo-founder of SalesforceViviana FagaGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesJob SimonVenture Partner and CTO at Monta Vista CapitalWesley BarrowPartner at Correlation Ventures

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Also worked at Oracle Corporation809

Marc BenioffCo-founder, Chair & CEO of SalesforceAyshaAdvisor at Clear VenturesNatalie VaisInvestor at Spark CapitalMark SiegelPartner Emeritus at Menlo VenturesHope CochranVenture Partner at Madrona Venture GroupMark NelsonVenture Partner at Madrona Venture Group

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Also worked at Booz Allen Hamilton275

Cristina JunqueiraCo-founder of NubankRohan BhargavaInvestor at 8VCJack AleksanyanDirector at Marlin Equity PartnersLiam DonohueInvestor at .406 VenturesTrip HoferVenture Partner at .406 VenturesNekeshia WoodsManaging Partner at Parkway Venture Capital

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