Slack Co-founder's Account of Salesforce Acquisition and Benioff Interaction

• Stewart Butterfield had only one hour with Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff before the $27.7 billion acquisition in 2020.
• Butterfield's last meeting with Benioff was cut short due to Matthew McConaughey's arrival.
• Benioff never used Slack after the acquisition.
• Butterfield eventually quit Salesforce due to being placed on a performance improvement plan.
• Johnny Rodgers, a former Slack employee, detailed these events in his blog post series 'Building Slack'.