Marc Benioff

The only constant in the technology industry is change.

— Marc Benioff

In business, we say that people overestimate what you can do in a year and underestimate what you can do in a decade. This is true in philanthropy as well.

— Marc Benioff

The antidote to inequality is equality. The question is how do you achieve equality? I believe that, for business, which is where I can speak, we have to shift from shareholder maximization to stakeholder maximization.

— Marc Benioff

The antidote to inequality is equality. The question is how do you achieve equality? I believe that, for business, which is where I can speak, we have to shift from shareholder maximization to stakeholder maximization.

— Marc Benioff

The enemy of my enemy is my friend, so that makes Google my best friend.

— Marc Benioff

The only constant in the technology industry is change.

— Marc Benioff

If you want to innovate at scale, you have to get really clear about your values. What do you really want in your company? What is really important to you?

— Marc Benioff

This idea that somebody put into our heads — that companies are somehow these kind of individuated units that are separate from society and don’t have to be paying attention to the communities they’re in — that is incorrect. We need to have a more enlightened view about the role of companies. This company is not somehow separate from everything else. Are we not all connected? Are we not all one? Isn’t that the point?

— Marc Benioff

When I went to business school, they said, "Focus on your shareholder, Marc. The business of business is business." That no longer applies. We have to erase that from our history books. The business of business is improving the state of the world.

— Marc Benioff