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Bret Taylor.
- Bret Taylor, president and COO of Salesforce, has worked under three bosses - Mark Zuckerberg, Marc Benioff, and Marissa Mayer.
- At the annual World Economic Forum, Taylor sat down with Nicholas Carlson, Insider's global editor-in-chief, to discuss his key takeaways from each of his previous bosses' leadership style.
- While former Google executive, Marissa Mayer, prompted Taylor to rethink hiring strategies, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff taught him to prioritize company values and corporate sustainability.
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Bret Taylor knows what it is like to work for a demanding boss.
Taylor, who is currently president and chief operating officer at Salesforce, has worked at three corporate giants throughout his career - Facebook, Salesforce, and Google - under Mark Zuckerberg, Marc Benioff, and Marissa Mayer.
While working for each of these bosses, he participated in a number of impressive projects. At his first job, Taylor built Google Maps with Marissa Mayer. He later invented the "Like" button at Facebook working alongside Mark Zuckerberg. In 2012, he built Quip, a software app that was acquired by Salesforce for $750 million in 2016 and served as a stepping stone to earn him the executive title he has today.
Throughout Taylor's career, he navigated through contrasting leadership styles and witnessed first hand how executive decision making impacts company results. He jokingly calls himself the "anthropologist of Silicon Valley culture," he told Business Insider.
Taylor recently sat down with Insider's Global Editor-in-Chief, Nicholas Carlson, to reflect on how working under three innovative leaders prepared him for his C-suite role at Salesforce.
Here's what Taylor learned from Mark Zuckerberg, Marc Benioff, and Marissa Mayer.
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