Frank Slootman (born 1958) is a businessman and author known for growing companies founded by others. Slootman has taken three companies through an

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Early life and education

Slootman was born in the

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and earned a degree in economics at

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. He did market research for tire company

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, before earning a doctorate in General Business Administration from the same university. After graduating, Slootman moved to the United States in 1982.

Career

Slootman's first management position was at

Compuware Compuware Corporation was an American software company based in Detroit. The company offered products aimed at the information technology (IT) departments of large businesses, and its services also included testing, development, automation and p ...

in 1995. His first CEO position was at

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in 2003. During his time at Data Domain, the company raised funding to avoid bankruptcy and increased revenue for the next four years. He left Data Domain in 2009 as part of EMC's acquisition of the company. He was CEO of the company when it went public in 2007. He was appointed CEO of

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in 2011, then led its

the next year. He also converted ServiceNow from a help-desk provider to a broader IT services business. Slootman was appointed CEO of

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on April 26, 2019. Slootman prepared the company for an initial public offering during the

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. Slootman held a 5.9% interest in the company during the IPO. In 2022, Slootman published a book called ''Amp it Up: Leading for Hypergrowth by Raising Expectations, Increasing Urgency and Elevating Intensity''. On February 28, 2024, Snowflake announced that Slootman was retiring and

Sridhar Ramaswamy Sridhar Ramaswamy (born 1967) is an Indian-American computer scientist and executive. He is the chief executive officer of cloud-based data-warehousing company Snowflake Inc. since February 2024. He was the cofounder and CEO of the startup compa ...

would be replacing him as CEO. He would remain Chairman of the Board.

Books

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References

External links

LinkedIn profile
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