The company's stock price is up since the start of the year but still down 11% for was last March. Even with the layoffs will get to those in the departures. When you had that stock price doing that, which was below some of your competitors and rivals? It's such a good question. You know, it was an atypical moment in the market. And they, you know, smart investors, not just these guys because really our long investors are really amazing.
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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