Observed Signal · Jun 11, 2019 · Acquisition · Source: OnlineMarketing.de · Impact: 3/5 · Sentiment: Positive
Salesforce to acquire Tableau for $15.7B
Salesforce announced it will acquire Tableau, the analytics software maker, in a stock-based deal valued at $15.7 billion. The transaction will be settled through exchanging 1,103 Salesforce shares for Tableau, and is expected to strengthen Salesforce’s CRM leadership with Tableau’s data visualization and analytics capabilities. Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff said the combination creates the best of both worlds for customers by uniting the leading CRM with the leading analytics platform. Tableau CEO Adam Selipsky added that joining forces will help people everywhere see and understand data. Salesforce projects the acquisition will lift annual revenue by roughly $350–$400 million in fiscal year FY20. The deal underscores a strategic push to offer deeper data insights across Salesforce’s customer relationship management stack and to accelerate data-driven decision making for enterprises.
Significant strategic acquisition combining leading CRM and analytics platforms; impact on the MarTech/CRM analytics landscape.
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Key Takeaways & Evidence Grounding
- Salesforce agreed to acquire Tableau in a stock-based deal valued at $15.7 billion.
- The deal is settled by exchanging 1,103 Salesforce shares for Tableau.
- The acquisition will combine Salesforce's CRM with Tableau's analytics and visualization platform.
- Salesforce expects FY20 revenue to increase by $350–$400 million due to the acquisition.
- Marc Benioff, Salesforce CEO, described the merger as the best of both worlds; Adam Selipsky, Tableau CEO, said joining forces will help people see and understand data.
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