Stewart Butterfield

Stewart Butterfield (#2666)

Global Rank #2666

Country Rank #70

Country Canada

Stewart Butterfield is listed among the world billionaires tracked by Iconic Billionaires.

$ 2 B
Messaging software
Canada
M
53 Years

Snapshot

Quick Facts

Global Rank #2,666

Country Rank #70

Net Worth $1.5B

Previous Worth $1.5B

Worth Change +$0.0B

Country Canada

Industry Messaging software

Age 53 Years

Gender M

Worth As Of May 4, 2026

Residence Aspen, Colorado

Citizenship Canada

World Billionaires List Canada Billionaires Messaging software

Profile Data

Personal Stats

Age 53

Source Of Wealth Messaging software, Self Made

Residence Aspen, Colorado

Citizenship Canada

Marital Status Married

Children 1

Education Bachelor of Arts/Science, University of Victoria; Master of Philosophy, University of Cambridge

Net Worth Change +$0.0B +0.0% from previous worth

Previous Net Worth $1.5B

Current Net Worth $1.5B

Worth as of May 4, 2026

About Me

Stewart Butterfield is the cofounder and former CEO of team-based messaging software Slack. In 2021, cloud software giant Salesforce acquired Slack for $27.7 billion in cash and stock. Butterfield departed Salesforce in 2022, amid an exodus of executives at the company. Butterfield and wife Jen Rubio, the founder of luggage startup Away, sold their San Francisco home and moved to Aspen in 2020. Though he cofounded a tech company, Butterfield proudly majored in philosophy as an undergraduate at Canada's University of Victoria.

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#2600

Billionaires (2026)

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Global Game Changers (2017)

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Did You Know?

Butterfield cofounded image hosting site Flickr in 2003; it was purchased by Yahoo for $35 million in 2005.

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Current Net Worth: $1.5B (May 4, 2026)