{"id":20858,"date":"2017-01-12T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-12T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/?post_type=sf_press_release&#038;p=20858"},"modified":"2020-09-18T00:37:07","modified_gmt":"2020-09-18T00:37:07","slug":"monica-langley-joins-salesforce-as-evp-global-strategic-affairs","status":"publish","type":"sf_press_release","link":"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/news\/press-releases\/2017\/01\/12\/monica-langley-joins-salesforce-as-evp-global-strategic-affairs\/","title":{"rendered":"Monica Langley Joins Salesforce as EVP, Global Strategic Affairs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Salesforce [NYSE: CRM], the Customer Success Platform and world\u2019s #1 CRM company, today announced that Monica Langley will join the company as Executive Vice President, Global Strategic Affairs. She will work with the Salesforce executive team to develop strategies that will continue to accelerate the company&#8217;s unmatched growth in the industry.Monica Langley Joins Salesforce as EVP, Global Strategic Affairs<br \/> Veteran Wall Street Journal reporter brings deep insight into Fortune 500 company strategies and management <br \/> <br \/> SAN FRANCISCO\u2014January 12, 2017\u2014Salesforce [NYSE: CRM], the Customer Success Platform and world\u2019s #1 CRM company, today announced that Monica Langley will join the company as Executive Vice President, Global Strategic Affairs. She will work with the Salesforce executive team to develop strategies that will continue to accelerate the company&#8217;s unmatched growth in the industry. <br \/> <br \/> Prior to Salesforce, Langley spent 27 years at The Wall Street Journal, where she wrote many page-one profiles, particularly of newsmakers such as CEOs and presidential candidates. She has long chronicled high-profile companies, such as General Motors, Boeing and JPMorgan Chase, and wrote the 2003 bestselling book Tearing Down the Walls: How Sandy Weill Fought His Way to the Top of the Financial World&#8230;and Then Nearly Lost it All. <br \/> <br \/> \u201cMonica is a consummate strategic thinker with decades of experience reporting on Fortune 500 companies,\u201d said Keith Block, vice chairman, president and COO, Salesforce. \u201cShe brings unique insight into management and corporate strategy that will help guide us as we reach $10 billion in annual revenue and work towards our next big milestone, $20 billion.\u201d<br \/> <br \/> Langley began her career in corporate law and government-relations, including representation of publicly traded companies and nonprofits. While at The Wall Street Journal, Langley was also an adjunct professor of journalism at Columbia University and of First Amendment law at Georgetown University Law Center. In addition to awards for her work at The Wall Street Journal, Ms. Langley was personally awarded the prestigious Matrix Award, as one of the nation\u2019s exceptional women in the media and the arts.<br \/> <br \/> \u201cI&#8217;ve watched with great interest the stellar performance of Salesforce in recent years,\u201d Langley said. \u201cI am incredibly excited to join this industry leader for its next phase of growth.\u201d She will officially start at Salesforce in March 2017.<br \/> <br \/> <br \/> This press release contains \u201cforward-looking statements.\u201d All statements other than historical facts included in this press release, including, but not limited to, statements regarding the timing and the closing of the transaction, the financing for the transaction, the expected benefits of the transaction, prospective performance and future business plans, and any assumptions underlying any of the foregoing, are forward-looking statements. These statements are based on current expectations of future events. If underlying assumptions prove inaccurate or unknown, or unknown risks or uncertainties materialize, actual results could vary materially from the parties\u2019 expectations and projections. These forward-looking statements reflect Salesforce\u2019s expectations as of the date of this press release. 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