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Marc Benioff

Net worth $7.6B

Business software · United States

Born
Sep 25, 1964
Age
61
Source
Business software
Residence
San Francisco, California
Citizenship
United States
Marital status
Married
Children
2
Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, University of Southern California

Net worth over time

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.
  • 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.

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