Lidiane Jones

Lidiane Jones (born 1979)^[1] is a Brazilian-American business executive who has been the chief executive officer of Bumble, an online dating and social media site, since January 2024. Prior to leading Bumble, she was the CEO of Slack Technologies^[2] and held executive positions at Salesforce, Sonos, and Microsoft.^[3]

Lidiane Jones
Born	1979 (age 44–45) São Paulo, Brazil
Alma mater	University of Michigan
Occupation	Business executive
Known for	CEO of Bumble Former CEO of Slack Technologies

Early life and education

Jones was born and raised in São Paulo, Brazil. Her mother worked as a cleaner and her father worked factory jobs. Her first experience with computers was through her selection to a computer programming class after winning a school contest while she was 13.^[4]

She attended the University of Michigan on a scholarship, where she earned her computer science degree in 2002.^[5]

Career

After her internship with Apple Inc., Jones joined Microsoft as a software engineer, where she worked on the Excel product.^[4] In her 13-year career at Microsoft, she oversaw several of its post-acquisition integration efforts.^[4][5]

Jones left Microsoft in 2015 to join a consumer technology company Sonos where she was the vice president for software management. In 2019, she left to join Salesforce as senior vice president for product for its Commerce Cloud line of products. After multiple promotions, by 2022, she was executive vice president and general manager overseeing Commerce Cloud, Experience Cloud, and Marketing Cloud divisions.^[5]

In January 2023, Jones succeeded Stewart Butterfield, who co-founded Salesforce's subsidiary Slack Technologies, as its CEO.^[3][4]

She was appointed as CEO of online dating and networking company Bumble in November 2023, replacing its founder Whitney Wolfe Herd starting January 2024.^[6][7] In the same month, she stepped down as CEO of Slack.^[8]

Personal life

Jones lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.^[9] She is married. She met her husband while they worked at Microsoft, where he continues to work.^[4]

References

1. Liesse, Dominique (November 8, 2023). "Lidiane Jones, la perspicacité et le pragmatisme au service de Bumble" [Lidiane Jones, insight and pragmatism at the service of Bumble]. L'Echo (in French). Archived from the original on May 17, 2024.
2. "Slack CEO to quit Salesforce in Jan 2023; Lidiane Jones to be new CEO". TimesNow. December 7, 2022. Retrieved December 7, 2022.
3. Thomas, Ellen. "Meet incoming Slack CEO Lidiane Jones, who will take over when co-founder Stewart Butterfield departs in January". Business Insider. Archived from the original on February 9, 2023. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
4. Hinchliffe, Emma (June 1, 2023). "Salesforce picked one of its own execs to become Slack's CEO. Now she's patching up a $27.7 billion marriage". Fortune. Archived from the original on June 1, 2023.
5. McCracken, Harry (March 3, 2023). "Lidiane Jones, Slack's new CEO, is the glue between it and Salesforce". Fast Company. Archived from the original on April 19, 2023.
6. Ford, Brody (November 6, 2023). "Slack to Name CEO 'Soon' After Second Executive Departure in Less Than a Year". Bloomberg News.
7. Gross, Jenny (November 6, 2023). "Whitney Wolfe Herd Is Stepping Down as Bumble's C.E.O. After a Decade". The New York Times. Retrieved November 6, 2023.
8. "Slack to Name CEO 'Soon' After Second Executive Departure in Less Than a Year". Bloomberg.com. November 6, 2023. Retrieved November 16, 2023.
9. Chesto, Jon (May 28, 2023). "Slack CEO looks to artificial intelligence for help in rolling out new products". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on May 29, 2023.