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Meet Marc Benioff

He’s a Proud Jew who has donated over a billion dollars to charity!

Oh and he also Founded  @salesforce, a $300B+ cloud computing powerhouse that pioneered Software and now employs over 70,000 people.

Born in 1964 to a proud Jewish family in San Francisco, California

Benioff showed entrepreneurial hustle from childhood.

 • At 15, he founded Liberty Software, creating and selling Atari games like King Arthur’s Heir and earning royalties that helped fund his future. 

• He sold his first program, “How to Juggle,” for $75 as a teen.

After graduating from the University of Southern California he joined Oracle in 1986, rising rapidly to become the company’s youngest vice president ever mentored by Larry Ellison and earning millionaire status by age 25.

Inspired by a sabbatical in India and vision from Steve Jobs, 

he left Oracle to co-found Salesforce in 1999 from a small San Francisco apartment, boldly declaring “The End of Software” by pioneering cloud-based CRM.

Salesforce exploded: • Grew from startup to Fortune 150 giant with massive revenues. • 

Revolutionized enterprise software, acquiring companies like Slack, Tableau, and MuleSoft. • Valuation soared past $300 billion in recent years, with Benioff’s stake contributing to his multi-billion-dollar fortune.

A deeply committed philanthropist embodying Jewish values of tikkun olam Benioff has donated hundreds of millions through Salesforce’s 1-1-1 model (1% equity, 1% product, 1% time to charity), supporting education, health, homelessness initiatives, and Jewish causes including Hatzalah

And Congregation Emanu-El and proud daily practice of wrapping tefillin.

He also owns  @TIMEmagazine purchased in 2018

From teenage game developer in the Bay Area to global tech leader and generous giver, Marc Benioff’s journey is a quintessential American Jewish success story rooted in innovation, bold vision, and family heritage.