Monica Langley
{{Short description|American journalist and businesswoman}}
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Monica Langley is an Executive Vice President at Salesforce.{{Cite news |last=Langley |first=Monica |title=How Salesforce Closed the Pay Gap Between Men and Women |url=https://www.wired.com/story/how-salesforce-closed-pay-gap-between-men-women/ |access-date=2025-01-14 |work=Wired |language=en-US |issn=1059-1028}}
Education
Langley graduated from the University of Tennessee with a B.S. degree, highest honors in journalism.{{cite web|url=http://tntoday.utk.edu/2013/05/06/monica-langley-cci-commencement/|title=Author, Journalist Monica Langley to Address UT College Grads|date=6 May 2013|publisher=|access-date=12 February 2017}} She graduated cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center.
''Salesforce''
Langley joined Salesforce in early 2017 as Executive Vice President, Global Strategic Affairs.{{cite press release |title=Monica Langley Joins Salesforce as EVP, Global Strategic Affairs |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/monica-langley-joins-salesforce-as-evp-global-strategic-affairs-300390324.html |website=prnewswire.com |publisher=prnewswire.com |access-date=27 April 2021 |ref=Salesforce}} Salesforce is the fastest-growing top-five enterprise software company and the #1 CRM provider globally.{{cite press release |title=Salesforce Named #1 CRM Provider for Eighth Consecutive Year |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/salesforce-named-1-crm-provider-for-eighth-consecutive-year-301276399.html |website=PR Newswire |publisher=PR Newswire |access-date=27 April 2021}} Langley works with Salesforce founder/CEO Marc Benioff and the executive team on global strategy, including strategic messaging, corporate positioning, external engagement and customer relations.
Langley is the bestselling co-author with CEO Benioff of “Trailblazer: The Power of Business as the Greatest Platform for Change,” published in 2019.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2019/11/17/business-books/ |work=The New York Times |access-date=27 April 2021|title=Business Books - Best Sellers - Books - Nov. 17, 2019 - the New York Times }}Langley is the host of “The Inflection Point,” a digital series produced by Salesforce Studios, "where CEOs share how their personal backstories, professional influences and values inform their leadership".{{cite web |title=Inflection Point |url=https://www.salesforce.com/video/19099974/ |website=Salesforce.com |publisher=Salesforce Studios |access-date=27 April 2021}}
''The Wall Street Journal''
Prior to Salesforce, Langley spent 27 years at The Wall Street Journal.{{Cite web |title=Monica Langley — Reporter at The Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/news/author/monica-langley?page=3 |access-date=2025-01-14 |website=WSJ |language=en}} She has written many page-one profiles for the Journal, particularly of newsmakers such as CEOs, billionaires and presidential candidates. She has also broken news about high-profile companies including General Motors,{{cite news|url=https://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052970203525404576050070062206368?KEYWORDS=by%20monica%20langley|title='I'm Not a Car Guy': On the Road With the New Man at GM's Wheel|first=Monica Langley And Sharon|last=Terlep|date=8 January 2011|publisher=|access-date=12 February 2017|newspaper=Wall Street Journal}} Boeing,{{cite news|url=https://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424127887323864304578316361657483772?KEYWORDS=by%20monica%20langley|title=Chief of Embattled Boeing Steers Clear of the Spotlight|first=Monica|last=Langley|date=22 February 2013|publisher=|access-date=12 February 2017|newspaper=Wall Street Journal}} and JPMorgan Chase.{{cite news|url=https://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303448404577410341236847980?KEYWORDS=by%20monica%20langley|title=Inside J.P. Morgan's Blunder|first=Monica|last=Langley|date=18 May 2012|publisher=|access-date=12 February 2017|newspaper=Wall Street Journal}}
Additional professional experience
Langley was an on-air commentator for CNN during the 2016 US presidential campaign.{{cite web |last1=Diaz |first1=Daniella |title=Langley: Trump not planning to divest himself from his businesses |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2016/12/15/politics/donald-trump-businesses-white-house/index.html |website=cnn.com |date=16 December 2016 |publisher=CNN |access-date=27 April 2021}}
{{external media| float = right| video1 = [https://www.c-span.org/video/?170772-1/tearing-walls Booknotes interview with Langley on Tearing Down the Walls, April 2, 2003], C-SPAN}}
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.{{sfn|Langley|2004}}
Langley was an adjunct professor of journalism at Columbia University and of First Amendment law at Georgetown University Law Center.{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}{{Cite news |date=January 12, 2017 |title=Monica Langley Joins Salesforce as EVP, Global Strategic Affairs |url=https://www.salesforce.com/news/press-releases/2017/01/12/monica-langley-joins-salesforce-as-evp-global-strategic-affairs/}} 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.{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}
Awards and honors
Personal life
Langley has one daughter, a medical student at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California, United States, North America.{{cite web |url=https://charleston.edu/school-business/about/board/members/langley-monica.php |title=Monica Langley |work=College of Charleston |date=2024 |accessdate=2024-09-07 }}{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}
References
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- {{cite web|title=Monica Langley biography|url=http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/x8877.xml|publisher=UCLA Anderson School of Management|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110813201111/http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/x8877.xml|archive-date=2011-08-13}}
- {{cite book|last=Langley|first=Monica|title=Tearing Down the Walls: How Sandy Weill Fought His Way to the Top of the Financial World. . .and Then Nearly Lost It All|year=2004|isbn=9780743247269|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t6PV6XUf6OMC|publisher=Simon & Schuster}}
External links
- {{C-SPAN|1005356}}
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Category:American non-fiction writers
Category:University of Tennessee alumni
Category:Georgetown University Law Center alumni