All posts tagged: salesforce

The party is over — and the activist investors have arrived

SvD Näringsliv

This analysis was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on January 29th, 2023. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. A philanthropist as owner. World-class artists like Alicia Keys, Foo Fighters, and U2 at the massive company party. Now everything may be about to change — activist funds have set their sights on tech company Salesforce. In a large grey-blue hulk in San Francisco’s Mission […]

Acquired for $27 billion – but Slack loses out

SvD Näringsliv

This analysis was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on December 2nd, 2020. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. $27.7 billion may sound expensive. But it is not the buyer Salesforce who pays the really high price in this deal – it is the seller, Slack. It is notoriously difficult to sell enterprise IT to large companies. The sales processes are long, the agreements are […]