Zendesk Receives Takeover Approaches

The Wall Street Journal2022-02-11

Communications firm rejects bid from private-equity consortium; Thoma Bravo circles, too, and Jana Partners plans proxy fightZendesk, based in San Francisco, specializes in helping companies with ...

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