Acquisition History / Salesforce / Tableau
Salesforce Acquires Tableau
Announced January 2019 — $15.70B
What happened
Visual analytics and business intelligence software company.
- Acquirer
- Salesforce
- Target
- Tableau
- Announced
- January 2019
- Price
- $15.70B
- Industry
- Data visualization/BI
By the numbers
Frequently Asked Questions About This Acquisition
When did Salesforce acquire Tableau?
Salesforce acquired Tableau on January 2019. This was Salesforce's 26th publicly tracked acquisition out of 41 we have on record.
How much did Salesforce pay for Tableau?
Salesforce paid $15.70B for Tableau.
What does Tableau do?
Visual analytics and business intelligence software company.
What other Data visualization/BI companies has Salesforce acquired?
Tableau is Salesforce's only publicly tracked acquisition in Data visualization/BI so far.
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