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Marc Russell Benioff (born September 25, 1964) [ 2 ] is an American internet entrepreneur and philanthropist. Benioff is best known as the co-founder, chairman and CEO of the software company Salesforce, as well as being the owner of Time magazine since 2018. [ 3 ][ 4 ] Early life and education. []
Before launching Salesforce, Benioff spent 13 years at Oracle Corporation, where he was the youngest vice president in company history. When he was 14 years old, he sold his first piece of software, “How to Juggle,” for $75.
He was just 25 years old when he became a millionaire (earning $1 million a year at Oracle). In 1999, Benioff founded Salesforce, a cloud-based company providing modern CMR systems and products. Its current net worth is $181.5 billion.
5 days ago · 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...
Jul 2, 2024 · Marc Russell Benioff, 59, was born in San Francisco on September 25th, 1964, the son of Joelle and Russell Benioff. An image of San Francisco. Getty Images. Benioff is something of an anomaly...
The creation story of Salesforce is well known: A young, talented programmer growing up in the heart of San Francisco during the wild days of the 1970s and ’80s, Benioff came of age as a top salesman at Oracle under Larry Ellison during the company’s most explosive period of growth in the ’90s.
After 13 years with Oracle, Benioff started itching for something new. With a few other Oracle veterans, he started working on a new company called Salesforce.
