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Insiders say the CEO doesn t care about social causes. He s focused on making shareholders money.
A crewmember said Slootman stopped sailing competitively because everybody was out to get him.
When he became CEO of Snowflake, Frank Slootman cut costs, including the company ski trip to Tahoe.
In July 2017, two years before he took over as the chief executive of Snowflake, Frank Slootman raced 2,225 miles across the Pacific Ocean, from the California coast to the Hawaiian island of Oahu, on Invisible Hand, his sleek 52-foot sailboat made from carbon fiber and 3D-printed titanium.