Masters of Scale The Salesforce CFO who left to save lives
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Dec 18, 2025 
Amy Weaver, former Chief Legal Officer and CFO at Salesforce, is now the CEO of Direct Relief, a major humanitarian organization. She discusses her unconventional career journey, moving from law to tech leadership and now to global aid. Weaver highlights how she's applying Salesforce’s scale lessons to enhance Direct Relief’s efficiency. Topics include addressing gender pay equity, navigating politicized health funding, and her leadership style, emphasizing kindness and diversity in building trust and effective teams.
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Companies Must Own Pay Equity Fixes
- Amy explains companies, not individuals, must use their data to spot and fix gender pay gaps.
- She stresses repeated audits rather than expecting a one-time fix to solve structural pay issues.
Unexpected CFO Offer From Benioff
- Amy Weaver recounts Mark Benioff FaceTiming her on his birthday to suggest she consider the CFO role at Salesforce.
- She initially refused but later accepted after wrestling with the leap and realizing it would be the biggest opportunity of her career.
Build Credibility By Showing You Can Sell
- Julie Sweet advised Amy to spend the first six months proving she could sell to build credibility.
- Amy executed that by mastering Wall Street language and investor relations through rigorous practice.
