Stewart Butterfield

In August 2024, Stewart Butterfield and his wife Jen Rubio hosted a fundraiser for Kamala Harris at their $32.2 million Southampton estate. About 100 people attended with VP candidate Tim Walz, with ticket prices ranging from $6,600 to $150,000. Celebrities including Chris Rock and Joy Behar attended. The couple also hosted a separate Harris fundraiser on August 31, 2024.

Stewart Butterfield left Salesforce/Slack in January 2023, admitting he 'wasn't very successful' at integrating the two cultures after the $27B acquisition closed in mid-2021. At January 5, 2023 all-hands meeting, employees expressed anxiety: 'There's a strong culture clash between Salesforce and Slack. How did we get here culturally?' Employees questioned whether Slack was a strategic priority within Salesforce. His departure came one week after Salesforce co-CEO Bret Taylor's resignation, alongside Slack's product chief and marketing VP. Salesforce then announced 10% layoffs shortly after.

In July 2022, following the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade, Stewart Butterfield and his wife Jen Rubio announced they would match up to $1 million in donations to the National Network of Abortion Funds.

In June 2020, following George Floyd's murder, Stewart Butterfield and wife Jen Rubio donated $700,000 directly to Color of Change, Black Lives Matter, and other racial justice organizations through their foundation.

In March 2020, Stewart Butterfield and wife Jen Rubio pledged to match donations 5:1 up to $1 million for COVID relief, supporting No Kid Hungry ($250K for hungry children), One Fair Wage Emergency Fund ($250K for restaurant workers), and domestic violence organizations ($250K).

In January 2017, Stewart Butterfield pledged $1 million to the ACLU in response to Trump's immigration executive order. He also offered to match additional donations to ACLU, SPLC, MALDEF, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, and other civil liberties organizations.