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Christian Chabot

Inside ‘Salesforce HQ2’: Tableau CEO says rapid growth will continue in Seattle after $15.7B deal

There are no Salesforce signs in the lobby. The top floor hasn’t been converted into an Ohana room. And believe… Read More

Salesforce to buy Tableau for $15.7B, betting on business data in deal for Seattle tech mainstay

Salesforce will buy Tableau Software for $15.7 billion in an all-stock deal announced Monday morning, doubling down on data visualization… Read More

Tableau stock tumbles 13% on mixed earnings results in latest blow to data visualization company

The first earnings report with new CEO Adam Selipsky at the helm was a mixed bag for Tableau Software, as the Seattle-based visualization… Read More

Tableau hires Amazon vet Adam Selipsky as new CEO; co-founder Christian Chabot stays as chairman

For the first time since it launched nearly 14 years ago, Tableau Software has a new leader. The Seattle-based data… Read More

Fast-growing Tableau Software gobbles up more office space in Seattle, expands footprint to 10 buildings

Tableau Software CEO Christian Chabot told GeekWire last month that his 2,800-person company planned to grow by another 1,000 workers in… Read More

How to lead a global company: What Tableau’s CEO learned during his year in London

When Tableau Software CEO Christian Chabot told his board members that he wanted to work at the company’s satellite office in… Read More

Tableau Software set to hire another 1,000 employees in 2016; CEO says business ‘flourishing’

Inside his second-floor office overlooking Lake Union in Seattle, Tableau Software CEO Christian Chabot peers out the window at his… Read More

Tableau

Tableau stock up more than 12% after blockbuster fourth quarter

A big increase in customers led to a big fourth quarter for Tableau Software. The Seattle-based company, whose technology is used to visualize and… Read More

Tableau CEO Christian Chabot on why data analysts are like artists: ‘The creative problem solvers of the modern era’

Tableau CEO Christian Chabot took the stage today for its annual customer conference, telling the more than 5,000 data nerds… Read More

Q&A with Tableau CEO Christian Chabot: ‘We’ve been working our whole lives to become an overnight success’

Seven years ago in small office space in the Fremont neighborhood, Tableau Software CEO Christian Chabot boldly told me that… Read More

Tableau boosts IPO price range to $28 to $30, signaling strong demand for shares

Tableau is inching closer to becoming a publicly-traded company, with the Seattle maker of data visualization software expected to begin… Read More

GeekWire Awards: Vote for Startup CEO of the Year

We’re back for another round of voting in the GeekWire Awards, and today’s category is a big one: Startup CEO… Read More

Score one for Seattle startup partnerships: Tatango, Julep team up for text-message campaign

As the Seattle startup scene continues to grow, so do opportunities to form partnerships with neighboring companies. And that’s exactly… Read More

Patience, perseverance and passion: Video highlights from our talk with Tableau CEO Christian Chabot

We had a great conversation with Tableau CEO Christian Chabot Wednesday evening at our GeekWire Meetup. Chabot talked about several interesting topics, from… Read More

Tableau CEO Christian Chabot: The power of perseverance over pivoting

One of the interesting things about Tableau Software is that the company’s mission — to help people see and understand… Read More

Tableau CEO Chabot: Seattle is the promised land of startup America

We had a stimulating conversation with Tableau CEO Christian Chabot yesterday at our GeekWire Meetup. Chabot touched on a number of… Read More

GeekWire Meetup is Feb. 13: A fireside chat with Tableau CEO Christian Chabot

Tableau Software CEO Christian Chabot bluntly told me in an interview seven years ago that his young 25-person software startup… Read More

Ready to IPO? Tableau Software’s bookings top $58 million for first half of 2012

Tableau Software is one of Seattle’s rising tech stars, and we’ve speculated in the past that the fast-growing maker of visual… Read More

Here are 5 tech companies from Seattle that could take the IPO plunge in 2012

The world may be waiting on a Facebook IPO. And while there’s some chatter about whether the $5 billion public… Read More

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