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Marc Benioff

Chairman of Salesforce

Marc Russell Benioff is an American billionaire internet entrepreneur, author and philanthropist with a net worth of $6.4 billion as of December 2018. He is the founder, chairman and co-CEO of Salesforce, an enterprise cloud computing company. As of November 2018, he owned approximately $2.58 billion worth of Salesforce shares.

Born: 25 Sep 1964 (age 54) · Binghamton, NY
Height: 6' 5"
Net worth: $6.700 billion USD (2018)
Spouse: Lynne Benioff
Founded: Salesforce
Education: University of Southern California

Quotes

Technology is a continuum. It's constantly getting lower-cost and easier to use, and you see that, and that's true with our company.

I strongly believe the business of a business is to improve the world.

The antidote to inequality is equality. The question is how do you achieve equality? I believe that, for business, which is where I can speak, we …

Timeline

1999:

Benioff founded Salesforce in March 1999 in a rented San Francisco apartment and defined its mission in a marketing statement as "The End of Software."

2000:

Benioff is a Chairman of Salesforce.com Foundation which was established in 2000 as a public charity.

2006:

The Business of Changing the World: Twenty Great Leaders on Strategic Corporate Philanthropy written by Marc Benioff was first published on September 28, 2006.