An Interview with Marc Benioff: CEO, Salesforce.com

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CURRENT POSITION

Chairman & CEO, Salesforce.com

EDUCATION

B.S. in Business Administration; University of Southern California, Marshall, School of Business; 1982–1986

FAVORITE PASTIMES & HOBBIES

Swimming with dolphins, practicing yoga, writing, listening to music, collecting ukuleles, spending time in Hawaii

CLAIM TO FAME

Founded Salesforce.com, the first enterprise cloud computing company to reach $1 billion in revenue; disrupted the enterprise software industry and created a 1/1/1 model (1% equity, 1% time, 1% profits/products) as a way to integrate philanthropy into a business model

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