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The CEO of Okta asked his 3,500 employees to email him about where they're going on vacation, to remind them about the importance of taking breaks
Todd McKinnon told Okta staff about his own plans for an upcoming family vacation in Napa to remind…
Grace Dean
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Billionaire tech CEO Todd McKinnon slams Crossfit and disassociates himself from the group over the founder's controversial tweet about George Floyd
The fallout from Crossfit founder Greg Glassman's comments has been severe, losing sponsors, employ…
Julie Bort
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Okta CEO Todd McKinnon is officially the 14th fittest man in the world - for his age
Not only did McKinnon take his company public this spring, but earlier this month, he was crow…
Julie Bort
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Read the memo Okta's CEO just sent employees announcing layoffs
Okta CEO Todd McKinnon told employees in a memo sent at 5:30 a.m. PT that the company is reducing i…
Jyoti Mann,Sarah Jackson
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Okta plunges after hackers claim cyberattack that puts thousands of the company's business customers at risk
Okta CEO Todd McKinnon took to Twitter and said there was no evidence of any ongoing malicious acti…
Phil Rosen
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The CEO of identity firm Okta explains how the $6.5 billion deal to buy Auth0 helps it better attack an enormous 2nd market
Acquiring Auth0 will help Okta get closer to its goal of building the leading identity cloud, CEO T…
Paayal Zaveri
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Here are the 10 fastest-growing workplace apps of 2019, according to $9 billion identity management company Okta
This is the 6th year Okta has released the report, which is based on data it collects from its uniq…
Paayal Zaveri
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Read the PowerPoint a CEO used to convince his wife he should leave his job at Salesforce to launch a new company during the Great Recession
Neither of them wanted him to become an "entrepreneur-slash-bum," as McKinnon called it, like the o…
Jennifer Ortakales
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The CEO of $17 billion Okta says that doing its multi-day annual tech conference online generated 4,000 leads - way more than at its usual Las Vegas extravaganza
It was certainly cheaper to put on a virtual event than doing its annual Las Vegas extravaganza, bu…
Julie Bort
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Former Salesforce CTO Craig Weissman is joining Okta to help the $15 billion security company achieve its master plan to appeal to developers
For Okta to transition to a platform, McKinnon said, it has to be "something that is flexible enoug…
Paayal Zaveri
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Okta's CEO explains why cloud computing has opened the door for smaller, specialized firms to challenge giants like Microsoft and Google
"I think we're very early in the potential market penetration for what we do...people were spending…
Paayal Zaveri
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Okta drops after company gives weak guidance and announces $6.5 billion Auth0 acquisition
Okta shares fell after the ID-authentication software maker issued a soft outlook. The company also…
Carla Mozée
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A CEO who cofounded a $14 billion startup in the middle of the Great Recession reveals 6 steps entrepreneurs should take to weather economic downturns
Many businesses fail during a downturn because investment markets freeze up, McKinnon said. It's im…
Jennifer Ortakales
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Here are the 10 fastest-growing work apps of 2018, according to $9 billion security company Okta
This is the fifth year that Okta, which now has over 100 million users, has released this annual re…
Rosalie Chan
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$9 billion Okta started in the cloud, but it's extending into the data center for the first time to reflect the 'reality' of what customers need
It's worth noting that Okta's direct competitors, competitors Microsoft and Ping Identity already h…
Rosalie Chan
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Ezekiel Elliot is the highest-paid running back in the NFL - Here's how his contract compares to the rest of the top 10
On Wednesday, Elliott agreed to a six-year, $90 million contract extension with the Dallas Cowboys …
Alexandra Licata
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The CEO of $4.3 billion Okta explains why he wishes he had gone public sooner - and all of the surprising perks of life after an IPO
Now with three quarters of earnings under his belt, McKinnon - who cofounded the company in 2009 wi…
Becky Peterson
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A Wall Street analyst says Oracle should consider these 3 CEOs to build its 'next layer of leadership' and to fill the void left by Mark Hurd's death
Walravens mentioned three executives of cloud software companies who he said are "just superb" and …
Benjamin Pimentel
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$14 billion Okta adds a former Pepsi exec to its board so its leadership can hear the 'voice of the customer'
McKinnon says Okta is transitioning its board from having mostly venture capitalists to having more…
Rosalie Chan
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She helped one company define a new market. Now, former MetricStream CEO Shellye Archambeau is joining $7.4 billion Okta to do it again
"We needed to understand what the market truly means," Archambeau told Business Insider. "I led a t…