Keith Block
co-CEO, Salesforce
Keith Block is co-chief executive officer of Salesforce and serves on the company’s board of directors.
Block has served as vice chairman, president and a director of Salesforce since joining the company in June 2013, and as chief operating officer since February 2016. As president and COO, Block oversaw the company’s rapidly growing, multibillion-dollar global sales and services business, alliances and channels, industry strategy, corporate development, corporate affairs, marketing and business operations. He has managed world-class sales, consulting, and engineering teams for nearly 30 years with a focus on customer transformation.
Prior to joining Salesforce, Block served as Oracle’s executive vice president of North America Sales and Consulting, where he led a multibillion-dollar sales and services business unit that achieved record revenue and margin during his tenure. He began his career at Booz Allen Hamilton as a senior consultant.
Block currently serves on the World Economic Forum’s Information Technology community as a governor, the board of trustees for Â鶹¹ÙÍø, the advisory board for Â鶹¹ÙÍø’s Heinz College, and the board of trustees at the Concord Museum. In February 2018, Block and his wife, Suzanne, helped establish the Block Center for Technology and Society at Â鶹¹ÙÍø, which will create meaningful plans of action to ensure emerging technologies can be harnessed for social good, are more inclusive, and improve quality of life.
Block holds a Master of Science degree in Management and Policy Analysis and a Bachelor of Science degree in Information Systems from Â鶹¹ÙÍø.