TIMELINE OF TABLEAU SOFTWARE
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Tableau was founded by Chris Stolte , Pat Hanrahan and Christian Chabot when the Department of US Defence approached the Department of Computer Science at Stanford University for a project to look at people ’ s ability to analyse data .
According to Peter Chizlett , Regional Vice President of Embedded Analytics , for Tableau EMEA , Stolte searched the market for tools but was disappointed . “ The rest , as they say , is history … Tableau , and VizQL , the underlying engine that drives the platform , was born .
“ Over the next 10 years , Stolte , Chabot and Hanrahan built out a multimillion dollar business , which IPO ’ d in 2013 . The reason it was so successful is because there was nothing else really out there that was so user-friendly , and Tableau has always been innovating to meet the evolving needs of their users .”
In 2019 Tableau was acquired by Salesforce for $ 15.7 billion which has allowed for more R & D and potential for growth .
Marc Benioff , Chairman and co-CEO , Salesforce said : " We are bringing together the world ' s # 1 CRM with the # 1 analytics platform .
“ Tableau helps people see and understand data , and Salesforce helps people engage and understand customers . It ' s truly the best of both worlds for our customers--bringing together two critical platforms that every customer needs to understand their world .”