Marc Russell Benioff was born on September 25,1964 and is an American internet entrepreneur and philanthropist.
24 Facts About Marc Benioff
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Marc Benioff was raised in a Jewish family in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Marc Benioff is the grandson of Marvin Lewis, a prominent California trial attorney and once-time member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors who championed the creation of the BART system.
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Marc Benioff grew up in Hillsborough and graduated from Burlingame High School in 1982.
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Marc Benioff received a Bachelor of Science in business administration from the University of Southern California, where he was a member of the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity, in 1986.
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Marc Benioff is a second cousin of showrunner and television writer David Marc Benioff, known for Game of Thrones.
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Marc Benioff is married to Lynne Benioff and has two children.
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In 1979, when he was 15, Marc Benioff founded Liberty Software, creating and selling games such as Flapper and King Arthur's Heir for the Atari 8-bit.
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Marc Benioff joined Oracle Corporation in a customer-service role after graduating.
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Marc Benioff worked at Oracle for 13 years in a variety of sales, marketing, and product development roles.
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Marc Benioff extended Salesforce's offerings in the early 2000s with the idea of a platform that allowed developers to create applications.
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Marc Benioff serves on the World Economic Forum's Board of Trustees and USC Board of Trustees.
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In 2019, Marc Benioff started Time Ventures, a venture capital fund that has invested in multiple companies, including Commonwealth Fusion Systems, Universal Hydrogen and NCX.
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Marc Benioff is a member of Business Roundtable, an advocacy group of CEOs, and the Business Council.
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In November 2021, Marc Benioff became co-CEO of Salesforce when Bret Taylor's promotion to co-CEO was announced.
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In 2009, Marc Benioff was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum, and is a member of its board of trustees.
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In 2016, Marc Benioff announced a $10 million donation to the University of California - Santa Barbara to establish the Marc Benioff Ocean Initiative.
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In January 2020, Marc Benioff announced that he and his wife would provide financial backing for 1t.
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In March 2020, Benioff procured 50 million pieces of personal protective equipment for hospitals and COVID-19 first responders in the United States.
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In October 2021, Marc Benioff pledged a $200 million donation to plant trees and fund ecologically-focused entrepreneurs.
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Marc and Lynne Benioff have been included in lists of top givers by Forbes and the Chronicle of Philanthropy.
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In March 2015, Benioff announced Salesforce would cancel all employee programs and travel in the state of Indiana after the passing of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, a bill that would allow companies and individuals to choose not to serve LGBT individuals based on religious beliefs.
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In February 2016, Marc Benioff announced that Salesforce would reduce investments in Georgia and cancel a conference if HB 757, a bill that would allow businesses to decline services to same-sex couples, was passed.
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In September 2021, Marc Benioff announced that Salesforce would relocate any Texas employees who wanted to move after an abortion law went into effect.