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Emily Shugerman of The San Francisco Standard spoke with HPR’s Maddie Bender about reports that Salesforce CEO and billionaire Marc Benioff has shifted his focus and money from California to Hawaiʻi.
Marc Benioff, the chief executive officer and co-founder of Salesforce Inc., has spent north of $1 billion and decades trying to convince the public that he is the good kind of tech titan and that his enterprise software firm is the good kind of tech company.
Mayor Lurie's diplomatic finesse and Nvidia's Huang help cancel federal deployment. Benioff, who sparked the crisis, now takes a bow.
David Spade wants to set the record straight after performing for pro-Trump billionaire Marc Benioff’s tech conference. Spade responded Sunday on his Fly on The Wall podcast to criticism over his set at an annual Salesforce conference hosted by Benioff,
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff believes artificial intelligence will not replace sales jobs. He plans to hire between 3,000 and 5,000 new salespeople. This comes as Salesforce adopts AI in other areas, leading to job cuts in customer support.
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff clarified remarks that appeared to support deploying the National Guard to San Francisco, saying his focus is on safety and collaboration with local law enforcement.
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff said that "face-to-face communication" was still needed in sales. He recently hired between 3,000 and 5,000 salespeople.
Marc Benioff, Salesforce's CEO and prominent liberal philanthropist, has proposed that the National Guard should patrol San Francisco, surprising his own PR team.
Salesforce CEO backtracks on troops for SF streets after losing longtime ally Ron Conway, but new revelations about ICE proposals raise more questions.