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Snowflake 董事長(zhǎng) Frank Slootman 于 2022 年 6 月 14 日出席在拉斯維加斯舉行的 2022 年 Snowflake 峰會(huì)。

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首席執(zhí)行官 Frank Slootman 的退休導(dǎo)致該公司股價(jià)周四暴跌 18%，這是這家數(shù)據(jù)分析軟件供應(yīng)商自 2020 年在紐約證券交易所上市以來(lái)最嚴(yán)重的跌幅。

斯洛特曼的離職是在周三晚間宣布的，作為 Snowflake 季度收益報(bào)告的一部分，其中包括令人失望的業(yè)績(jī)指引。

瑞穗證券(Mizuho Securities)分析師在一份報(bào)告中寫道，“隨著投資者消化斯洛特曼的辭職”，該股受到重創(chuàng)。斯洛特曼于2019年加入公司，并在次年領(lǐng)導(dǎo)該公司完成了大規(guī)模的IPO。

雖然這一消息引起了華爾街的恐慌，但斯洛特曼告訴 CNBC，他并不擔(dān)心 Snowflake 員工會(huì)跟隨他離開公司。

“這不是個(gè)人崇拜，好嗎？”

斯洛特曼說道。

65 歲的 Slootman 接替者是谷歌前廣告主管斯里達(dá)爾·拉馬斯瓦米 (Sridhar Ramaswamy)，后者于 6 月通過該公司以 1.85 億美元收購(gòu) Neeva（Ramaswamy 于 2019 年聯(lián)合創(chuàng)立的初創(chuàng)公司）加入 Snowflake。

Snowflake 是繼 2007 年的 Data Domain 和ServiceNow

之后，Slootman 帶領(lǐng)的第三家完成 IPO 流程的企業(yè)技術(shù)公司

2012 年，雪花標(biāo)志著他最大的一筆意外之財(cái)。

他在 IPO 時(shí)控制了該公司約 6% 的股票，截至 2 月 9 日持有 1060 萬(wàn)股，目前價(jià)值約 20 億美元。

此外，斯洛特曼 2023 年的總薪酬為 2370 萬(wàn)美元，幾乎全部來(lái)自股票和期權(quán)獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)。

在加入 Snowflake 之前，Slootman 在ServiceNow

擔(dān)任了大約六年的首席執(zhí)行官

。

他告訴 CNBC，自他離職以來(lái)，ServiceNow 繼續(xù)蓬勃發(fā)展。

年化收入從 15 億美元增長(zhǎng)到近 100 億美元。

“我雇傭的一些人仍然在那里——實(shí)際上，其中不少，”斯洛特曼說。

“顯然，還有新的?！?/p>

根據(jù)監(jiān)管文件顯示，到 2023 年底，ServiceNow 的員工人數(shù)為 23,668 人，而 2011 年 12 月（即斯洛特曼加入幾個(gè)月后），員工人數(shù)為 603 人。

“我們讓 ServiceNow 步入正軌。我們對(duì) Snowflake 也做到了這一點(diǎn)，”仍擔(dān)任董事長(zhǎng)的斯洛特曼說。

Taking three companies through big and successful exits is a rare feat in technology, and has gained Slootman plenty of acclaim. But he's also attracted attention for stepping into controversy on issues like the tech industry's focus on diversity. In 2021, as corporate America was wading through the fallout of the George Floyd murder, Slootman noted that diversity shouldn't trump merit. He later apologized.

In his 2022 book "Amp It Up," Slootman offered advice leaders on how to raise standards inside companies, citing Steve Jobs' insistence on greatness at Apple. "Don't let malaise set in," he wrote.

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Founded in 2012, Snowflake built a cloud-based data warehouse for storing and analyzing corporate information. Now the company wants to help clients build artificial intelligence models and applications on top of the data.

Ramaswamy said Snowflake has a clear vision, with the data cloud at the center and apps around it.

"Just delivering on that at scale with speed is what I'm going to do," he said.

The challenge will be to maintain the company's momentum.

Snowflake generates about $3 billion in annualized revenue, growing at about 32% a year, compared with under $200 million before Slootman replaced former Microsoft executive Bob Muglia as CEO in 2019. As it tries to continue its rapid expansion, Snowflake faces competition from Databricks, valued at $43 billion last year in an investment round that included Capital One, which previously backed Snowflake.

After Snowflake bought Neeva, Slootman said he made an effort to get to know Ramaswamy. The company put Ramaswamy in the most critical role at the time, leading its AI efforts. Slootman had a realization.

"Holy s---, this is the opportunity we've been waiting for," he said.

Ramaswamy said he's been spending a lot of time with Slootman. They've traveled together to London and Berlin, along with domestic trips to Arizona and Las Vegas. Ramaswamy said he's held conversations with over 100 clients, including many with Slootman.

Now that he's at the helm, Ramaswamy has to deal with the naysayers.

"It is no doubt concerning to see Mr. Slootman, who has a strong track record and is well regarded by investors, step down after five years in the role," Deutsche Bank analysts wrote in a note on Thursday, though they maintained their buy recommendation on the stock.

But nobody has more at stake in Ramaswamy's success than Slootman, who remains one of the company's biggest investors.

"Snowflake is in an extremely good place, having Sridhar at the helm," he said.

WATCH: Part of Snowflake's downfall is related to CEO Slootman's retirement

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