OpenAI’s new Chief Revenue Officer is Slack CEO Denise Dresser
Summary
OpenAI has hired Denise Dresser, currently CEO of Slack, as its first Chief Revenue Officer to lead global revenue strategy, including enterprise sales and customer success, as the company pushes deeper into business markets. Coverage notes that Dresser’s Salesforce and Slack background in scaling large SaaS businesses and AI‑driven workplace tools signals OpenAI’s intent to become an enterprise‑first platform, while Salesforce installs an interim CEO at Slack. ([openai.com](https://openai.com/index/openai-appoints-denise-dresser/?utm_source=openai))
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