Marc Benioff
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Marc Benioff

United States 61 years old Self-Made

Overview

Source of Wealth
Business software
Industry
Technology
Residence
San Francisco, California
Organization
Chairman and CEO at Salesforce
Education
University of Southern California (Bachelor of Arts/Science)
Marital Status
Married
Children
2

Assets

  • Salesforce.com
    123,000 shares @ -
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    CRM-US
  • Salesforce.com
    22,019,000 shares @ -
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    CRM-US
  • Salesforce.com
    22,508 shares @ -
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    CRM-US
  • Salesforce.com
    196,000 shares @ -
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    CRM-US
  • Salesforce.com
    45,000 shares @ -
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    CRM-US
  • Salesforce.com
    202,000 shares @ -
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    CRM-US
  • Salesforce.com
    151,666 shares @ -
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    CRM-US

Biography

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff owns about 2% of the cloud computing software firm he cofounded in 1999.

Before Salesforce, he spent 13 years at database software giant Oracle as a protege of Larry Ellison.

Salesforce was a pioneer in hosting its software online, rather than installing it in clients' computer systems.

He's an angel investor in dozens of tech startups and a prolific philanthropist.

Benioff and his wife Lynne have pledged $350 million to University of California, San Francisco, for its children's hospitals and research.

About

At 17, Benioff developed and sold Atari video games, and earned enough to pay his way to USC.

Benioff spoke out against laws permitting discrimination against LGBT people in North Carolina, Georgia and Indiana.

In May 2018, Benioff celebrated construction of the 1,070-foot tall Salesforce Tower in San Francisco.