As time moves on, things too need to. With ever-changing needs and desires, the world opens to new spirals of development in all fields and with technology on the move everything seems much easier. but these developments surely are made by people capable, interested and motivated. it takes huge volumes of courage to foray into a new beginning of undiscovered ideals and thoughts.
And talking about this, there is this one man, the designer, the master mind of what seems to be the future of the computer world. Since his school days are his contributions, founding a software company Liberty Software, specializing in the fields of creating & selling microcomputer games to the ranks of Atari. Been a part of Apple as an assembly level programmer at the Mac division and as a part of the Oracle group for 13 years. And his achievements at Oracle are so astounding that he was named Rookie of the Year at the age of 23 and was also appointed the vice president of the organization at the age of 26, the youngest to do be so.
5 Facts @Banioff
1) Marc Russell Benioff was born in September 25, 1964 and his father Russell Benioff was head of a chain of Bay Area clothing stores, died Jan. 16 2012
2) Benioff started Salesforce.com in March 1999 in a rented San Francisco apartment and defined its mission as The End of Software.
3) In 2010 Fortune named him one of the Smartest 50 People in Tech as well as one of the Top 50 People in Business
4) Benioff was at Oracle Corporation for 13 years. At 23, he was named Oracle's Rookie of the Year and three years later he was promoted to vice president, the company's youngest person to hold that title.
5) Lynne Krilich married to Marc Russell Benioff on the Big Island of Hawaii on June 10th2006
2) Benioff started Salesforce.com in March 1999 in a rented San Francisco apartment and defined its mission as The End of Software.
3) In 2010 Fortune named him one of the Smartest 50 People in Tech as well as one of the Top 50 People in Business
4) Benioff was at Oracle Corporation for 13 years. At 23, he was named Oracle's Rookie of the Year and three years later he was promoted to vice president, the company's youngest person to hold that title.
5) Lynne Krilich married to Marc Russell Benioff on the Big Island of Hawaii on June 10th2006
5 Social Achievements @Benioff
1) Benioff pioneered the 1/1/1 Integrated Philanthropic model, by which companies contribute 1 percent of profits 1 percent of equity and 1 percent of employee hours back to the communities it serves
2) In 2000, he launched the Salesforce.com Foundation—now a multimillion-dollar global organization..
3) In 2005, the members of the World Economic Forum named him as one of its Young Global Leaders.
4) In 2007 the Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy presented Benioff with the Excellence in Corporate Philanthropy Award and in 2008 invited him to become a director of the board
5) In June 2010 Lynne and Marc Benioff announced a $100 Million Gift to UCSF Children's Hospital with the goal of not only seeing the new hospital built but significantly advancing children’s health worldwide.
2) In 2000, he launched the Salesforce.com Foundation—now a multimillion-dollar global organization..
3) In 2005, the members of the World Economic Forum named him as one of its Young Global Leaders.
4) In 2007 the Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy presented Benioff with the Excellence in Corporate Philanthropy Award and in 2008 invited him to become a director of the board
5) In June 2010 Lynne and Marc Benioff announced a $100 Million Gift to UCSF Children's Hospital with the goal of not only seeing the new hospital built but significantly advancing children’s health worldwide.
How Salesforce was Born
In 1996 Marc Benioff was using Amazon.com – a great application, very easy to use, robust. He noticed that everyday they would have new features and functionality but customer didn’t install it or have to upgrade it. As he used Amazon and went on to use eBay and so forth and he asked himself a very simple question: ‘Why can’t all enterprise software be exactly like Amazon.com?’ And literally, that is what he did.
Marc Benioff Top 2 Interviews
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