Marc Benioff

Updated: 12/01/2019 by Computer Hope

Name: Marc Russell Benioff

Born: September 25, 1964, in San Francisco, California USA

Computer-related contributions

Chairman & CEO of Salesforce.
He is credited with "turning the software industry on its head" using the Internet to revamp the way software programs are designed and distributed. He has described SaaS (software as a service) as the model that would replace traditional enterprise software.
Coined the term PaaS ("platform as a service"). Developed the Salesforce PaaS, which allows customers to build their own applications on the Salesforce cloud architecture.

Compassionate Capitalism: How Corporations Can Make Doing Good an Integral Part of Doing Well (2004).
The Business of Changing the World: 20 Great Leaders on Strategic Corporate Philanthropy (2006).
Behind the Cloud: The Untold Story of How Salesforce Went from Idea to Billion-Dollar Company and Revolutionized an Industry (2009).

Fortune named him one of the Smartest 50 People in Tech (2010).
San Francisco Business Times Executive of the Year (2009).
Appointed by President George W. Bush as the co-chairman of the President's Information Technology Advisory Committee (2003–2005).
Forbes named Salesforce one of America's Best Companies.