By Taylor Soper
Publication Date: 2026-02-04 02:59:00
Ryan Aytay, a longtime Salesforce exec who has led Tableau as CEO since 2023, is departing.
Aytay revealed the news on LinkedIn on Tuesday. He called his 19-year tenure “a front-row seat to innovation, a masterclass in leadership, and a community that has shaped who I am professionally and personally.” Aytay said he’ll share more about a “new challenge” later.
Aytay joined Salesforce in 2007 and became chief business officer in 2020 before taking the president role at Tableau in February 2022. A year later he replaced Mark Nelson as CEO.
The appointment came four years after Salesforce paid $15.7 billion to acquire Seattle-based Tableau, a leader in the data visualization…