Marc Benioff
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Marc Benioff Net Worth

Marc Benioff is the Chairman and CEO of Salesforce.com, a cloud computing software firm he cofounded in 1999. He previously worked at Oracle for 13 years and is an angel investor in many tech startups. He is also a philanthropist and owns two mansions in San Francisco and a sprawling estate in Hawaii.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Chairman and CEO, Salesforce.com
Birth Day September 25, 1964
Birth Place San Francisco, California, United States
Age 59 YEARS OLD
Birth Sign Libra
Alma mater University of Southern California
Occupation Founder of Salesforce
Organization Salesforce
Spouse(s) Lynne (Krilich) Benioff

💰 Net worth: $7 Billion (2024)

Marc Benioff, the renowned Chairman and CEO of Salesforce.com, is expected to have a net worth of $7 billion by 2024. With his incredible leadership skills and innovative mindset, Benioff has successfully established Salesforce.com as one of the leading cloud-based software companies in the United States. Under his guidance, the company has experienced tremendous growth and has become a dominant player in the industry. Known for his philanthropic endeavors and advocacy for social causes, Benioff's net worth reflects not only his business success but also his commitment to making a positive impact on society.

2009 $1.1 Billion
2010 $1.8 Billion
2011 $1.9 Billion
2012 $2.2 Billion
2013 $2.6 Billion
2014 $3.3 Billion
2015 $3.8 Billion
2016 $3.8 Billion
2017 $4 Billion
2018 $5.55 Billion

Famous Quotes:

When I get something in my head, it's hard for me to just let it go.

Biography/Timeline

1982

Benioff was raised in a Jewish family in the San Francisco metropolitan area. He graduated from Burlingame High School in 1982. Benioff received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Southern California in 1986, where he was a member of the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity.

2000

Benioff is a noted philanthropist. In 2000, he established the “1-1-1 model,” whereby the company contributes one percent of product, one percent of equity, and one percent of employee hours back to the communities it serves globally. As of March 2016, Salesforce.org has delivered more than $115 million in grants, 1.3 million employee volunteer hours and is used by 28,000 nonprofit organisations with Salesforce Technology. More than 700 companies have adopted the 1-1-1 model through the Pledge 1% movement. Benioff and his wife, Lynne, have focused their personal philanthropy on improving public education and advancing children’s health care through UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, at the University of California, San Francisco.

2005

Benioff created the 1-1-1 model of integrated corporate philanthropy, by which companies contribute 1 percent of equity, 1 percent of employee hours and 1 percent of product back to the communities it serves. Parts of this 1-1-1 model have been adopted by more than 700 companies, including Google. In 2005, the members of the World Economic Forum named him as one of its Young Global Leaders. In 2007, the Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy presented Benioff with the Excellence in Corporate Philanthropy Award and in 2008 invited him to become a Director of the board.

2010

In June 2010, Marc Benioff and his wife Lynne announced a $100-million gift to UCSF Children's Hospital with the goal of not only seeing the new hospital built but significantly advancing children's Health care worldwide. The Benioffs have been recognized as top Philanthropists by Forbes' America's 50 Top Giver list in 2015 and the Chronicle of Philanthropy's Philanthropy 50 list in 2010, 2014 and 2015.

2014

In 2014, Marc and Lynne Benioff donated another $100 million to UCSF and Oakland Children's Hospital (both now called Benioff Children's Hospitals). Marc and Lynne Benioff have also donated to The Ocean Cleanup, a non-profit organization developing technologies to rid the world's oceans of plastic.

2015

In April 2015, Benioff announced that he would be reviewing all salaries at Salesforce to ensure men and women were being paid equally for comparable work. On the heels of the salary assessment, Benioff joined President Barack Obama in January 2016 as he celebrated the anniversary of the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act and renewed his call on Congress to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act.

2016

Benioff supported Hillary Clinton for President of the United States in the 2016 presidential election.

2017

On March 17, 2017, Benioff was included in a Business leaders' symposium organized by the Trump Administration during German Chancellor Angela Merkel's visit to the White House.

2018

In March 2018, Benioff announced that he would be donating 1 million USD to March for Our Lives. In the announcement, Benioff wrote, "Motivated to join the many who are passionate about the safety of all kids and I’ll give $1 million to March For Our Lives. Together all of us can make children’s health and safety our number one priority. Join us and March on March 24th."

2019

Benioff has said that businesses are the greatest platforms for change in the world. He follows the World Economic Forum founder Klaus Schwab’s multistakeholder approach to leadership, which says that Leaders should serve not only their shareholders but all stakeholders, including customers, employees, partners, communities and the environment, to make the world a better place.

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