The Salesforce CFO who left to save lives
Masters of Scale
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4.6 • 4.4K Ratings
🗓️ 18 December 2025
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
After serving as Chief Legal Officer and then CFO at Salesforce, Amy Weaver sought a new challenge. She is now CEO of Direct Relief, which she tells host Jeff Berman is "the largest, most efficient, most effective, and most impactful global humanitarian group that you may never have heard of.” Weaver reveals scale lessons from Salesforce and how she's now applying them to amplify Direct Relief's vital work.
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