In 2003, Taylor was hired byMarissa Mayer as an associateproduct manager intern atGoogle.[3] He led the team working on features such as Search by Location and Google Local, which were predecessors toGoogle Maps.[4][5]
Taylor left Google in June 2007 to joinventure capital firmBenchmark Capital as anentrepreneur-in-residence, where he and several other former Google employees founded thesocial network web siteFriendFeed.[6][7] Taylor was CEO of FriendFeed until August 2009, when the company was acquired by Facebook Inc. (now known asMeta Platforms) for an estimated $50 million.[8] The acquisition led to Facebook adopting the "Like" button from FriendFeed.[9] After the acquisition, Taylor joined Facebook and became CTO in 2010.[10][11]
In 2012, Taylor left Facebook to foundQuip, a competitor toGoogle Docs.[12] Quip was acquired bySalesforce in 2016.[2] That year,Twitter, Inc. announced Taylor's appointment to their board of directors.[13] In 2021, he became chairman of Twitter.[9] He remained in the position until the entire board of directors was dissolved following theacquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk in October 2022.[14][15]
In 2017, Taylor became chief product officer at Salesforce.[2] He was named president and chief operating officer at Salesforce two years later.[16] As COO, Taylor led Salesforce's acquisition ofSlack Technologies, which closed in 2021.[17] He also led the creation of a system dubbed Customer 360 at Salesforce[18] and started an associate product manager program at the company.[12] In November 2021, Taylor was named vice chair and co-CEO at Salesforce.[9] On November 30, 2022, it was announced that Taylor would be stepping down as co-CEO and vice chair at Salesforce at the end of January 2023.[19][20] In February 2023, he co-founded an enterprise-focusedartificial intelligence (AI) startup, Sierra, along with former Google executive Clay Bavor.[21][22][23]
In November 2025,Forbes recognized Taylor as a billionaire, primarily due to his roughly 25% stake in Sierra, valued at $10 billion at the time.[27] The following month, he acquired an approximately 1% non‑controlling minority ownership stake in theSan Francisco 49ers in December 2025.[28]
Taylor married Karen Padham in 2006, whom he met while working at Google. The couple has three children.[2] His parents and older sister also attended Stanford.[29] Taylor has been called theForrest Gump ofSilicon Valley for his presence at numerous landmark moments.[27]
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