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- Previously in 2017, Bill Staples was brought in Marketo for the sole purpose of prepping the company before selling. 2018, Marketo was acquired by Adobe.

- 2021, Bill becomes CEO of NewRelic. 2023, NewRelic was acquired.

I'm seeing a pattern here.

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> Adobe announced that it's acquiring Marketo, a company that sells marketing software, from Vista Equity Partners for $4.75 billion

> New Relic to be Acquired by Francisco Partners and TPG for $6.5 Billion

Sounds like he is good salesman, the numbers are quite good.

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