Marc Benioff: A force of nature

With his brainchild cloud computing company Salesforce.com scaling the heights, the billionaire entrepreneur and philanthropist shows no signs of slowing down

Marc Benioff, chief executive of Salesforce: feted for his philanthropy and riding the crest of a commercial wave Picture: Bloomberg

Billionaire, founder, chief executive, philanthropist, pioneer, author: these are just some of the words used to describe Marc Benioff, the man who brought the world Salesforce.com.

The list would be incomplete without the description ‘award-winning’. In late November, Benioff was proclaimed America’s best chief executive, the latest in a string of accolades for the San Francisco-born entrepreneur.

The latest gong was awarded by Comparably, the US compensation and corporate culture firm, which runs ...