Salesforce.com Inc. agreed to buy Tableau Software Inc. in an all-stock deal valued at $15.3 billion in a major bid to build its analytics offering.
The takeover of Tableau will be Salesforce’s largest deal to date, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Co-Chief Executive Officers Marc Benioff and Keith Block have been chasing new markets to reach an annual revenue goal of $26 billion to $28 billion by fiscal year 2023.