Frank Slootman
Born
Netherlands
EducationErasmus University Rotterdam
OccupationBusinessperson
EmployerSnowflake
TitleCEO

Frank Slootman is a businessman and author[1] known for growing companies founded by others.[2]

Slootman was born in the Netherlands and earned a degree in economics at Erasmus University Rotterdam.[2] He did market research for tire company Uniroyal, before earning a doctorate in General Business Administration from the same university.[3] After graduating, Slootman moved to the United States in 1982.[2] His first management position was at Compuware, which hired him to resolve issues with the acquisition of an Amsterdam-based tech company, in 1995.[2] Slootman also helped grow its Java software and testing business.[2]

His first CEO position was at Data Domain in 2003.[2] Slootman raised funding to avoid bankruptcy and improved the product, rebounding the business within four years.[2] He left Data Domain in 2009 as part of EMC's acquisition of the company.[4] Slootman has taken three companies through an initial public offering.[2] He was appointed CEO of ServiceNow in 2011, then led its initial public offering the next year.[5] He also converted ServiceNow from a help-desk provider to a broader IT services business.[2]

Slootman was appointed CEO of Snowflake on April 26, 2019.[2] With the help of cofounder Benoit Dageville, he shifted the company from focusing on data warehousing to a broader set of products for application development and data analytics.[2] Slootman prepared the company for an initial public offering during the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] As a result of the IPO, Slootman's 5.9% interest in the company became worth billions.[6]

In 2022, Slootman published a book called Amp it Up: Leading for Hypergrowth by Raising Expectations, Increasing Urgency and Elevating Intensity.[1]

Books

  • Slootman, Frank (2022-01-19). Amp It Up. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 1-119-83611-5.
  • Slootman, Frank (May 13, 2011). TAPE SUCKS: Inside Data Domain, A Silicon Valley Growth Story. ISBN 0-615-48406-9.
  • Slootman, Frank; Hamm, Steve (December 4, 2020). Rise of the Data Cloud. ISBN 1728363608.

References

  1. 1 2 Vellante, Dave (July 17, 2022). "Amping it up with Snowflake CEO Frank Slootman". SiliconANGLE. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Konrad, Alex (February 1, 2021). "The Outsider: How CEO-For-Hire Frank Slootman Turned Snowflake Into Software's Biggest-Ever IPO". Forbes. Retrieved May 5, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Meet Frank Slootman". Michigan Outlook. 1983.
  4. ↑ "Snowflake CEO collects a $95 million payout every month". Fortune. December 4, 2020. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
  5. ↑ Kawamoto, Dawn (January 31, 2020). "How the CEO of this closely watched unicorn squeezes performance out of his day". bizjournals.com. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
  6. ↑ Warren, Katie (March 9, 2021). "How Snowflake CEO Frank Slootman became a billionaire by ripping up the 'nice guy' Silicon Valley playbook". Business Insider. Retrieved May 5, 2023.
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