Bret Taylor
Salesforce
San Francisco, CA USA
"Be open-minded to opportunities. Sometimes you miss out on the great opportunities in life because you’re so focused on what’s ahead that you’re not looking around at the opportunities available to you."
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Day In The Life
Skills &
Education
Here's the path I took:
High School
Bachelor's Degree
Computer Science
Stanford University
Graduate Degree
Computer Science
Stanford University
Life & Career Milestones
My path in life took a while to figure out
1.
Growing up, my mom was my role model—she was an executive at Chevron for 30 years and I ended up modeling my career after her.
2.
I graduated from Stanford with my bachelor’s and master’s degrees in computer science and have been in the technology industry ever since.
3.
After graduating, I worked for Google as a group product manager and co-created Google Maps.
4.
As the internet was becoming more user-interactive, I left Google and started a social network called FriendFeed.
5.
I sold FriendFeed to Facebook after about two years and also joined Facebook as the chief technology officer—I’m largely credited with the invention of the “like” button!
6.
After a few years at Facebook, I founded Quip, a suite of productivity software which was later acquired by Salesforce.
7.
I remained the CEO of Quip for Salesforce and then worked my way up to become Salesforce’s president and chief product officer.
