CRM 8-K
Salesforce, Inc. (CRM)
8-K
2025-07-09
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
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CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On July 9, 2025, Salesforce, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that Amy Chang and David Kirk were appointed as directors, each effective as of July 9, 2025.
There are no arrangements or understandings between Ms. Chang or Mr. Kirk and any other persons pursuant to which they were selected as directors, and neither has any family relationships with any of the Company’s directors or executive officers. Neither Ms. Chang nor Mr. Kirk has a direct or indirect material interest in any transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
Each of Ms. Chang and Mr. Kirk will receive standard compensation and equity awards in accordance with the Company’s compensation program for non-employee directors (as such program may be adjusted by the Board of Directors from time to time). The Company’s current compensation program for non-employee directors is described in the “Compensation of Directors” section of the Company’s definitive Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 24, 2025. The Company also intends to enter into its standard form of indemnification agreement with each of Ms. Chang and Mr. Kirk.
Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
The Company’s press release announcing the appointments of Ms. Chang and Mr. Kirk is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. The information in the press release attached hereto shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
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Signature
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Dated: | July 9, 2025 | Salesforce, Inc. | |||||||||
/s/ SABASTIAN NILES | |||||||||||
| Sabastian Niles President and Chief Legal Officer | |||||||||||
Exhibit 99.1
Mike Spencer
Salesforce
Investor Relations
415-536-6250
Carolyn Guss
Salesforce
Public Relations
415-536-4966
Salesforce Appoints Amy Chang and David B. Kirk to its Board of Directors
New directors deepen the Board’s innovation leadership and technical expertise for the agentic AI era
SAN FRANCISCO—July 9, 2025—Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), the world’s #1 AI CRM, today announced the appointments of Amy Chang, accomplished technology executive, AI entrepreneur, and advisor, and David Kirk, pioneering computer scientist and former NVIDIA chief scientist, to the Salesforce Board of Directors, effective immediately.
“I’m thrilled to welcome Amy and David to Salesforce’s Board. Their exceptional experience driving innovation and deep technical expertise will be invaluable as we unlock the full potential of human-AI collaboration and digital labor for our customers with Agentforce and across our deeply unified platform,” said Marc Benioff, Chair and CEO of Salesforce. “With Amy and David, we continue to build the most innovation-forward and technical board in Salesforce’s history – strengthening our ability to deliver transformative value for all our stakeholders in this new agentic AI era. I couldn’t be more excited about the opportunity ahead.”
“At Salesforce, we take a deliberate and thoughtful approach to board composition to ensure we have the right expertise to lead and navigate times of profound transformation and change,” said Arnold Donald, Lead Independent Director, Salesforce Board of Directors. “Amy and David bring tremendous technical depth and innovation expertise at a pivotal moment when AI and Salesforce are redefining the future of business. I’m confident their perspectives will help support the Board in guiding Salesforce’s strategy and governance in this agentic era – fueling shareholder value creation and positive societal impact through innovation, operational discipline, and sustainable, profitable growth.”
About Amy Chang
Amy Chang serves on the Board of Directors for The Walt Disney Company and Procter & Gamble, where she also chairs the Innovation and Technology Committee. She has also served on the boards of Cisco, Informatica, Marqeta, and Splunk.
Previously, Ms. Chang served as EVP and GM of Cisco’s multi-billion dollar Collaboration business – including videoconferencing, cloud calling, contact center, video devices, and phones – after the acquisition of her startup Accompany, an AI/ML-based relationship intelligence platform serving Fortune 500 companies.
Prior to Accompany, Ms. Chang spent more than seven years at Google, where she led the teams for Google Analytics, Website Optimizer, Trends, and multichannel attribution, growing Google Analytics to serve over 86% of the entire web. She previously led product strategy for the paid search and affiliates channels at eBay, and worked in the semiconductor and software industries at McKinsey. She started her career in hardware with AMD, Intel, and Motorola.
Ms. Chang serves on the UCSF Hospital Executive Committee, Stanford School of Engineering Dean’s Advisory Board as Chair, and as an advisor to a number of AI applications and infrastructure startups and Google’s Moonshot Factory (X).
She holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering with a hardware subspecialty and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering with a network systems subspecialty, both from Stanford University.
About David B. Kirk
David B. Kirk is an independent consultant, investor, philanthropist, and advisor, and serves on several nonprofit boards. More recently, he has focused on computer science education, advancing parallel programming, robotics, and artificial intelligence.
Previously, Dr. Kirk served as Chief Scientist and VP of Architecture, and later as a Fellow, at NVIDIA. He has long been known for his contributions to parallel computing, graphics hardware, and graphics algorithm research, and is the inventor or co-inventor of nearly 100 patents in computer graphics and parallel computing hardware and software.
Dr. Kirk received the 2002 Computer Graphics Achievement Award from the Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Graphics and Interactive Technology (ACM SIGGRAPH), was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2006, and was recognized with Caltech’s Distinguished Alumni Award in 2009.
He earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science with a minor in Computation and Neural Systems and his M.S. in Computer Science from Caltech, as well as B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
About Salesforce
Salesforce helps organizations of any size reimagine their business with AI. Agentforce – the first digital labor solution for enterprises – seamlessly integrates with Customer 360 applications, Data Cloud, and Einstein AI to create a limitless workforce, bringing humans and agents together to deliver customer success on a single, trusted platform. Visit www.salesforce.com for more information.