Marc Benioff founded Salesforce in 1999 and built it into a major enterprise software company while pioneering its 1-1-1 philanthropy model. He is also the owner and co-chair of TIME and founded TIME Ventures, backing companies including Planet and Terraformation with Lynne Benioff.
Marc Benioff founded Salesforce in 1999 and built it into a major enterprise software company while pioneering its 1-1-1 philanthropy model. He is also the owner and co-chair of TIME and founded TIME Ventures, backing companies including Planet and Terraformation with Lynne Benioff.
Career
Marc Benioff attended University of Southern California, earning a Bachelor of Science, Business Administration (1986).
Chair and Chief Executive Officer at Salesforce from 2023-01 to Present.Co-founded Salesforce in 1999 and has chaired its board since inception. First became CEO in November 2001; returned to sole-CEO leadership in January 2023 after serving alongside a co-CEO.TCo-owner and Co-chair at TIME from 2018-11 to Present.Co-owns and co-chairs TIME with Lynne Benioff. Their acquisition closed in November 2018.
UOMember, Board of Trustees at University of Southern California from 2010 to Present.
TVFounder at TIME Ventures until Present.
WEMember, Board of Trustees at World Economic Forum until Present.
CBoard Director at Cisco from 2012-08 to 2014-11.Served on Cisco's board, contributing software, cloud and customer experience expertise.
Senior Vice President at Oracle until 1999.Worked at Oracle from 1986 to 1999 in sales, marketing and product development, ending his tenure as a senior vice president.