Awards & Recognition
★CNN Business CEO of 2020
★Chief Executive Magazine's 2022 CEO of the Year
★Forbes 'Innovator of the Decade'
★Knight of the Legion of Honour by France (2022)
★Yale School of Management's Legend in Leadership Award (2024)
★Colin Powell Distinguished Leadership Award (2024)
★Eisenhower Global Leadership Award (2024)
★George H.W. Bush Points of Light Award (2020)
★National Academy of Engineering member (2019)
★Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur
★GLAAD and Billie Jean King Leadership Initiative honors
★Chronicles of Philanthropy Top 50 (10th time in 2024)
Notable Facts
→Co-founder, Chairman & CEO of Salesforce - $350 billion market cap company
→Owner of TIME Magazine since 2018
→Net worth over $8 billion according to Bloomberg
→Pioneer of cloud computing and SaaS model
→Created the 1-1-1 philanthropy model adopted by 20,000+ companies
→Author of 4 business books including NY Times bestseller 'Trailblazer'
→Started programming at 15, sold first software for $75
→Youngest VP in Oracle history at age 26
→World Economic Forum Board of Trustees member
→Major philanthropist with over $1 billion in giving
→Owns tallest building in San Francisco (Salesforce Tower)
→Recent controversy over Trump support and SF National Guard comments