Marc Benioff
Marc Benioff
Marc Russell Benioffis an American internet entrepreneur, author and philanthropist. He is the founder, chairman and CEO of Salesforce, a leading enterprise cloud computing company. As of March 2016, he owns approximately $3 billion worth of Salesforce shares. Benioff started Salesforce in March 1999 in a rented San Francisco apartment and defined its mission as The End of Software®. He is “credited with turning the software industry on its head” by using the Internet to “revamp the way software programs...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth25 September 1964
CountryUnited States of America
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My approach to politics is that I'm not a Democrat or a Republican. I'm an American and I always support candidates I think are great for the country.
When I was at Oracle, we watched Computer Associates buy all those mainframe software companies and milk them for their license revenue. I never thought that's what Oracle would be doing one day, and yet, here it is,
When we heard the news this morning, it was clear to me we're moving up to the next level. Consolidation in the client-server computing industry is opening the door for software on demand.
What if there was an eBay of enterprise applications? What if there was an iTunes music store of enterprise applications? We call that the AppExchange,
The secret to successful hiring is this: look for the people who want to change the world.
The only constant in the technology industry is change.
You need to get to the future, ahead of your customers, and be ready to greet them when they arrive.
Life grows relative to one’s investment in it.
Most of all, I discovered that in order to succeed with a product, you must truly get to know your customers and build something for them.
The elites - or managers in companies - no longer control the conversation. This is how insurrections start.
I think a critical part of being successful in our industry is having a beginner's mind
When I explain our company values and the foundation to prospective employees, they realize that they have an opportunity to do much more than change the way businesses manage and share information. When you take a workforce of smart, creative, dedicated people and say "take this company time to serve your community, and bring along your coworkers, customers, and partners" great things happen.
There is no finish line when it comes to system reliability and availability, and our efforts to improve performance never cease.
Social embedded business processes that solve concrete needs are key to enterprise social collaboration.