Monica Langley

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Monica Langley
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OccupationSenior Executive at Salesforce
Notable creditTearing Down the Walls: How Sandy Weill Fought His Way to the Top of the Financial World...and Then Nearly Lost it All
TitleExecutive Vice President, Global Strategic Affairs

Monica Langley is an Executive Vice President at Salesforce . [1]

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Education

Langley graduated from the University of Tennessee with a B.S. degree, highest honors in journalism. [2] She graduated cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center.

Salesforce

Langley joined Salesforce in early 2017 as Executive Vice President, Global Strategic Affairs. [3] Salesforce is the fastest-growing top-five enterprise software company and the #1 CRM provider globally. [4] Langley works with Salesforce founder/CEO Marc Benioff and the executive team on global strategy, including strategic messaging, corporate positioning, external engagement and customer relations.

Langley is the bestselling co-author with CEO Benioff of “Trailblazer: The Power of Business as the Greatest Platform for Change,” published in 2019. [5] Langley is the host of “The Inflection Point,” a digital series produced by Salesforce Studios, "where CEOs share how their personal backstories, professional influences and values inform their leadership". [6]

The Wall Street Journal

Prior to Salesforce, Langley spent 27 years at The Wall Street Journal . She has written many page-one profiles for the Journal, particularly of newsmakers such as CEOs, billionaires and presidential candidates. She has also broken news about high-profile companies including General Motors, [7] Boeing, [8] and JPMorgan Chase. [9]

Additional professional experience

Langley was an on-air commentator for CNN during the 2016 presidential campaign. [10]

External videos
Nuvola apps kaboodle.svg Booknotes interview with Langley on Tearing Down the Walls, April 2, 2003, C-SPAN

She wrote the 2003 bestselling book Tearing Down the Walls: How Sandy Weill Fought His Way to the Top of the Financial World...and Then Nearly Lost it All about Sandy Weill, the CEO of Citigroup. The book was published by Simon & Schuster. [11]

Langley was an adjunct professor of journalism at Columbia University and of First Amendment law at Georgetown University Law Center.[ citation needed ] She was also a member of the bars of the U.S. Supreme Court, District of Columbia and Tennessee, and was a corporate lawyer for several years.[ citation needed ]

Awards and honors

Langley won the 2009 Women in Communications Matrix Award. [12]

Personal life

She has one daughter.[ citation needed ]

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References

Citations

  1. Langley, Monica. "Monica Langley". LinkedIn. Monica Langley. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  2. "Author, Journalist Monica Langley to Address UT College Grads". 6 May 2013. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  3. "Monica Langley Joins Salesforce as EVP, Global Strategic Affairs". prnewswire.com (Press release). prnewswire.com. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  4. "Salesforce Named #1 CRM Provider for Eighth Consecutive Year". PR Newswire (Press release). PR Newswire. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  5. "Business Books - Best Sellers - Books - Nov. 17, 2019 - the New York Times". The New York Times. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  6. "Inflection Point". Salesforce.com. Salesforce Studios. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  7. Terlep, Monica Langley And Sharon (8 January 2011). "'I'm Not a Car Guy': On the Road With the New Man at GM's Wheel". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  8. Langley, Monica (22 February 2013). "Chief of Embattled Boeing Steers Clear of the Spotlight". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  9. Langley, Monica (18 May 2012). "Inside J.P. Morgan's Blunder". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  10. Diaz, Daniella (16 December 2016). "Langley: Trump not planning to divest himself from his businesses". cnn.com. CNN. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  11. Langley 2004.
  12. New York Women in Communications Presents the 2009 MATRIX Awards, Stephanie Fraiman, April 1, 2009

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