Marc Benioff
Chairman and CEO, Salesforce
$9.9B
as of 10/04/24
About Marc Benioff
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.
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United States of AmericaSource of wealth
Business softwareResidence
San Francisco, CaliforniaMarital status
MarriedBirth date
09/25/64 (age 60)Number of children
2Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, University of Southern CaliforniaSelf-made
self-madeMarc Benioff’s fortune is worth
165K
troy ounces of gold
152K
median U.S. household
99K
median U.S. income
0.198%
U.S. credit card volume
0.04%
GDP of the United States
0.029%
United States debt
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Benioff spoke out against laws permitting discrimination against LGBT people in North Carolina, Georgia and Indiana.
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