• Salesforce is facing a fight for its life as generative AI threatens to upend its business model.
• An internal Salesforce chart shows the executives helping CEO Marc Benioff with this effort.
• Salesforce earlier this year appointed new leaders in an executive shake-up.

An internal Salesforce organizational chart viewed by Business Insider shows the 10 executives helping CEO Marc Benioff lead the company during a pivotal moment.

Salesforce, like many software companies, is under pressure as generative AI threatens to upend its business model. The company is racing to add AI agents into its products as a defense.

Salesforce earlier this year appointed new leaders in an executive shake-up. A new bench of executives replaced five high-profile leaders who have announced departures from the company since December, according to a person familiar with the changes.

The changes came as the company's new fiscal year started on February 1.

Here are Benioff's direct reports, according to the org chart. For context, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang as 36 direct reports, Business Insider reported in October:

Robin Washington, president and chief operating and financial officer

Salesforce hired Washington in March 2025 for a newly created role overseeing operations and financial strategy across the company.

Washington has been a Salesforce board member since 2013, including serving as lead independent director, and was previously the chief financial officer of biopharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences.

Washington effectively replaced two executive roles. Brian Millham, the previous president and chief operating officer, who retired in May 2025. Amy Weaver, the previous chief financial officer, also left in May 2025.

Parker Harris, cofounder and Slack CTO

A Salesforce cofounder, Harris sets the company's long-term technology vision as chief technology officer and runs Slack's engineering team as CTO of that important business.

Sabastian Niles, president and chief legal officer

Niles runs Salesforce's global legal and corporate affairs organization, advising leadership on regulation, risk, and governance. He joined in 2023 from Wachtell Lipton and plays a key role in navigating AI policy and global compliance.

Srinivas Tallapragada, president and chief engineering and customer success officer

Tallapragada leads engineering and customer success, overseeing the technical backbone of Salesforce's platform. He is responsible for scaling infrastructure and integrating AI across products. Tallapragada has worked for Salesforce since 2012, and Oracle and SAP before that.

Miguel Milano, president and chief revenue officer

Milano is in charge of worldwide sales and distribution for Salesforce's products and services. He took on the role in 2023, rejoining Salesforce after a few years at data company Celonis. Previously, Milano ran Salesforce's international sales organizations.

Steve Fisher, president and chief product officer

Fisher has led Salesforce's product strategy since June 2025, including for the company's biggest bets: data-management platform Data 360 and AI agent platform Agentforce. He previously spent a decade at Salesforce before rejoining in 2021.

David Schmaier, president and chief strategy officer

Schmaier is in charge of Salesforce's strategic priorities, including M&A and venture capital, market strategy, and monetization. He was previously chief product officer and joined the company in 2021 via its $1.3 billion acquisition of Vlocity, which makes software for specific industries.

Kendall Collins, president and CEO, GovCloud

Collins runs Salesforce's Government Cloud, which is the company's portfolio of products for governments around the world. He was previously the company's chief business officer and Benioff's chief of staff.

David Ward, president and chief architect

Dave Ward is Salesforce's new chief architect. He joined in January from Lumen Technologies, where he was chief technology officer.

Jason Yau, chief business officer and chief of staff

Yau has been Salesforce's chief business officer and Benioff's chief of staff since July 2025, leading the office of the CEO. He joined Salesforce in 2024 as a senior vice president and architect in the office.

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