My Take
Marc Benioff is one of those rare founders who actually changed how entire industries think — not just how they operate. He grew up in San Francisco, went to USC, and then had the audacity to bet the whole game on cloud software when most enterprise companies were still mailing out CD-ROMs. Salesforce became the template that proved subscription-based SaaS could scale to the stratosphere, and honestly, I don't think enough people give him credit for that. Beyond the business wins, he's genuinely walked the talk on corporate responsibility and philanthropy in ways that feel less like PR and more like actual conviction. And then France hands him the Legion of Honour in 2022 — at that point you're not just a tech CEO anymore, you're a whole institution.
Overview
Marc Russell Benioff (born September 25, 1964) is an American internet entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is best known as the co-founder, chairman and CEO of the software company Salesforce, as well as being the owner of Time magazine since 2018.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Marc Benioff
- Name (Japanese)
- マーク・ベニオフ
- Reading
- まーく・べにおふ
- Born
- September 25, 1964 (age 61)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Libra / Dragon
- Origin
- San Francisco, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- businessperson / chief executive officer / chairperson / Internet entrepreneur / philanthropist
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Burlingame High School
- University
- University of Southern California
Awards & achievements
- 2022 Knight of the Legion of Honour
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.