Elon Musk: In 2021, it was like the best year tech ever had. Next year we're going to do about 35 billion and... You know, the economy is not where it was. We really doubled down, especially in our fourth quarter. We took 90 day extreme focus on customer success and we were able to deliver some phenomenal numbers. It's actually been a lot of fun; I've been doing this for 24 years.
Kara has interviewed Salesforce CEO and co-founder Marc Benioff many times but he says she'd never been as prepared to grill him as she was this time. It’s a showdown between a savvy CEO who is deft at turning the tables…and an interviewer who is unafraid to pin him down. Taped in front of a live audience at the Upfront Summit, the two tackle whether Marc will be able to keep up the victory lap of a surprisingly strong earnings report, his succession plan, their divergent takes on a divisive Elon Musk – and why having activist investors breathing down his neck is “fun” for Benioff.
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