F rank Slootman is a Dutch-American billionaire and one of the most successful and sought-after CEOs in the technology industry. He has a legendary reputation for his hard-driving, no-nonsense management style and his incredible track record of leading three different software companies to massive growth and highly successful IPOs. He is not a founder, but a professional CEO who is brought in to scale and professionalize high-growth startups.

His first major success was as the CEO of Data Domain, a data storage company that he took public and then sold to EMC. He then became the CEO of ServiceNow, which he transformed from a niche IT service management company into a cloud computing giant with a multi-billion dollar IPO. His most recent and largest success was as the chairman and CEO of the cloud data company Snowflake. He took the helm in 2019 and, in just over a year, led the company through the largest software IPO in history in 2020. He stepped down as CEO in 2024, but remains chairman.