CRM Salesforce, Inc. - 8-K

Item 5.02    Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On May 27, 2026, Guy Wanger, age 64, was appointed as Chief Accounting Officer and principal accounting officer of Salesforce, Inc. (the “Company”), effective upon commencement of employment on June 15, 2026. Mr. Wanger most recently served as Partner, West Region Accounting Advisory Leader at WilliamsMarston LLC, a national advisory firm, which he joined in March 2025. Prior to that, Mr. Wanger served as Chief Administrative Officer for C3 AI, an enterprise AI software company, from September 2023 to January 2024. Mr. Wanger previously spent over 38 years at Ernst & Young LLP (“EY”), an international public accounting firm, from 1985 to 2023, including as an independent consultant from 2022 to 2023 and as Audit Partner from 1996 to 2022, during which he also served as Global Technology Industry Assurance Leader from 2012 to 2019. Between 2016 and 2021, Mr. Wanger served as the Company’s Lead Audit Engagement Partner on behalf of EY, the Company’s independent auditor. Mr. Wanger earned a Bachelor of Science in Commerce degree in Accounting from Santa Clara University. He is a Certified Public Accountant in California and Nevada.

In connection with his appointment, Mr. Wanger’s initial annual base salary will be $700,000 and his initial annual bonus target will be 70% of base salary. Mr. Wanger will receive a sign-on cash bonus of $2 million and an equity award of restricted stock units with a grant date target value of $9 million, vesting over a four-year period. Mr. Wanger will also be eligible to participate in the compensation and benefit programs generally available to senior executives of the Company.

There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Wanger and any other persons pursuant to which he was selected as an officer, he has no family relationships with any of the Company’s directors or executive officers, and he has no direct or indirect material interest in any transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.