Monica Langley


Monica Langley is an Executive Vice President at Salesforce.

Education

Langley graduated from the University of Tennessee with a B.S. degree, highest honors in journalism. She graduated cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center.

''Salesforce''

Langley joined Salesforce in early 2017 as Executive Vice President, Global Strategic Affairs. Salesforce is the fastest-growing top-five enterprise software company and the #1 CRM provider globally. Langley works with CEO Marc Benioff and the Salesforce executive team to develop strategies that will continue to accelerate the company's unmatched growth in the industry.

''The Wall Street Journal''

Prior to Salesforce, Langley spent 27 years at The Wall Street Journal. She has written many page-one profiles for the Journal, particularly of newsmakers such as CEOs and presidential candidates. She has also broken news about high-profile companies including General Motors, Boeing, and JPMorgan Chase.

Additional professional experience

Langley was an on-air commentator for CNN during the 2016 presidential campaign.
She wrote the 2003 bestselling book Tearing Down the Walls: How Sandy Weill Fought His Way to the Top of the Financial World...and Then Nearly Lost it All about Sandy Weill, the CEO of Citigroup. The book was published by Simon & Schuster.
Langley was an adjunct professor of journalism at Columbia University and of First Amendment law at Georgetown University Law Center. She was also a member of the bars of the U.S. Supreme Court, District of Columbia and Tennessee, and was a corporate lawyer for several years.

Awards and honors

Langley won the 2009 Women in Communications Matrix Award.

Personal life

She has one daughter.

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