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Slack Co-Founder Leaves Company: Replacement CEO Named

Stewart Butterfield, co-founder and CEO of popular collaboration platform Slack, is leaving the company after nearly a decade at the helm. Confirming the news, a Slack statement praised Butterfield as an 'incredible leader' who created a 'beloved company.' The entrepreneur, who previously founded photo-sharing platform Flickr before selling it to Yahoo, has overseen Slack's growth and its $27 billion acquisition by Salesforce last year.

Butterfield founded Slack in 2013 with the aim of creating a platform that would aid developers working on his planned game. His departure from the company was announced yesterday. The news comes as parent company Salesforce makes several changes at the C-Suite level across its portfolio of companies.

Slack has confirmed that Butterfield will leave the company in January, and it is expected to name a replacement CEO soon. Despite the departure of its co-founder and CEO, Slack remains one of the most popular collaboration tools used by millions of people around the world.

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