Marc Benioff

Billionaire founder of Salesforce.com

Evangelical tech entrepreneur tirelessly pushing his vision of a more friendly, connected business world, via Salesforce.com's software Chatter. Took out two ads during the Super Bowl broadcast. Investors buy it: stock has doubled in the past year as revenues jumped 27% to $1.6 billion. Believes Salesforce can reach $2 billion in a year. Founded his first company at age 15 to write Atari videogames. He started Salesforce after stints at Apple, Oracle; championed "the end of software" and declared its mission to take traditional software online. The industry has followed. In June 2010 pledged $100 million to University of California San Francisco toward construction of new children's hospital, and plans to give more. Hawaii fan signs emails "Aloha."

Relationships Interlocks Giving Data

Business Positions

Salesforce, Inc. Provider of digital marketing automation and analytics software and services

• CEO

Oracle Corporation Information Management

• Former Vice President ('86→'99)*

Board Memberships

AI Safety And Security Board

• Board Member

Salesforce, Inc. Provider of digital marketing automation and analytics software and services

• Board Member

Salesforce.com Foundation

• chairman

Cisco Systems, Inc. Internet solutions company that provides hardware, software and services to indiciduals and businesses

• Board Member (Aug '12→?)

University of California San Francisco

• Chancellor Advisory Board

Positions

Markle Economic Future Initiative project of the Markle Foundation

• member

Council for Inclusive Capitalism Global Finance And The Vatican

• Guardian ('20→?)*

The B Team Richard Branson Founded Global Benefit Corporation Advocacy Group

• Board*

Donations

March for Our Lives

• Donation/Grant · 1,000,000 USD

Thrive Global Behavior Change Media and Technology Company

• investor

Common Sense Media Kid's media watchdog group

• Funder

Federal Election Campaign Contributions

1 / 8

Americans for Responsible Solutions Gun-control non-profit/PAC

• 1 contribution · 500,000 USD (Feb 8 '13)

Democratic National Committee Governing body for the U.S. Democratic Party

• 10 contributions · 240,600 USD ('04→Oct 19 '15)

Barack Obama 44th President of the United States

• 7 contributions · 103,900 USD ('07→'12)

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions

• 3 contributions · 81,800 USD (Jan 31 '13→Jun 30 '15)

National Republican Senatorial Committee Campaign committee for Republican U.S. Senate candidates

• 5 contributions · 71,600 USD (Jun 11 '03→Jul 19 '05)

Democratic Hope Fund Joint Obama-DNC Fundraising Committee

• 2 contributions · 66,800 USD (Oct 19 '15)

Republican National Committee U.S. political committee that leads the Republican Party of the U.S., a/k/a The Grand Ol' Party/GOP

• 3 contributions · 34,600 USD ('00→'08)

John McCain US Senator and Representative from Arizona

• 9 contributions · 33,200 USD ('07→Mar 31 '08)

Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Political Fundraising Committee for Democratic Senatorial Candidates

• 1 contribution · 32,400 USD (May 31 '13)

John Kerry 68th US Secretary of State, Senator from Massachusetts

• 3 contributions · 28,000 USD ('02→'04)

Holdings

12 Labs

• Owner

Ellipsis Health

• Owner

Datawallet

• Owner

Brigade Media Civic engagement startup

• Investor

Time Ventures Marc Benioff's investment firm

• Owner

Time Magazine

• Owner

Helium Systems Internet of things blockchain company

• Owner

Lattice HR software company founded by Jack Altman

• Owner

Memberships

California YIMBY "Yes in my backyard" lobbying group

• Member

Council for Inclusive Capitalism Global Finance And The Vatican

• Member

Breakthrough Energy Coalition

• Member

sf.citi San Francisco Citizens Initiative for Technology and Innovation, or Sf.citi, counts 307 tech companies based in San Francisco among its members

• Member

Family

Lynne Benioff Board Member, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital

• wife

Services & Transactions

Singularity Silicon Valley think tank devoted to training leaders about exponential technologies

• Service/Transaction

Forward Healthcare Bay Area Member-Based Healthcare Start-Up

• Investment ('16→?)

Schools

University of Southern California

• BA (past)

Miscellaneous Relationships

Pledge 1% 1-1-1 corporate philanthropy model, which commits 1% of equity, technology, and our employees' time to nonprofit organizations. Founded by Salesforce founder, Marc Benioff.

• Membership organization

Susan Wojcicki Former YouTube CEO, Google VP, Product Management

• Affiliation