Tag: Marc Benioff
Billionaire Marc Benioff Donates $30 Million to Research Homelessness
Marc Benioff, Chairman and CEO of Salesforce.com, in San Francisco on April 2, 2018. (Matt Edge for The New York Times-Medium) UC San Francisco launched a new research initiative aimed…
Salesforce's Marc Benioff says it's time for tech to change
Marc Benioff, the billionaire Salesforce co-founder and co-chief executive officer, has a message for the leaders of big tech: You’re thinking too small. “I believe that business is the greatest…
San Francisco Tech Billionaires Go to War over Homelessness
Proposition C, a bill to fight homelessness with a new business tax, slid into San Francisco’s DMs in the middle of the night, politically speaking. What happened was, in December…
Salesforce CEO: Tech Billionaires 'Hoard Their Money' And Won't Help Homeless
Marc Benioff, the Salesforce CEO, has escalated his attacks on fellow San Francisco billionaires, saying they are “hoarding” money and don’t want to help the homeless. In an interview with…
Tech CEOs Dorsey And Benioff Face-Off Over San Francisco Homeless Tax
Two of San Francisco’s wealthiest tech leaders clashed on Twitter over the best way to address the city’s homeless problem. Saleforce CEO Marc Benioff is pushing for a tax on…
Billionaires Buying Media Assets to Prompt Social Change
On Sunday, Billionaire Marc Benioff, 53, founder of cloud computing company Salesforce.com Inc., announced that he would pay $190 million in cash from his personal wealth to acquire Time from…
Meredith Sells Time Magazine to Billionaire Salesforce Chief For $190 Million
Meredith Corp has entered into an agreement to sell Time magazine to billionaire Marc Benioff and his wife for US$190 million in cash, disposing of the storied media brand in…