CELEBRATING MARC BENIOFF

CELEBRATING SALESFORCE’S MARC BENIOFF

Chief executives from across the nation

converged last October at the Nasdaq Marketsite in Times Square to honor our 2022 CEO of the Year, Salesforce’s Marc Benioff.

He is “a man whose ingenious vision has changed computing and set a new precedent for how business can benefit society,” Ken Frazier, former CEO of Merck and our 2021 CEO of the Year, said in his opening remarks. “He’s a pioneer on everything from philanthropy to equality to business to technology.”

In accepting the award, Benioff thanked his ohana—family in Hawaiian—at Salesforce and said he and other CEOs were just “the lead singers” at their companies, “the Bono of U2.” He also thanked his mentors, including Steve Jobs, Larry Ellison and Gen. Colin Powell, who served on the company’s board of directors. “When I first met him in 1997, he transformed the way I saw business,” said Benioff. “He really encouraged me to think of business and philanthropy and service as an integrated motion.”

“We are grateful for what we are doing,” said Benioff. “That we have a business that has purpose beyond just profit, and that we recognize that our values and the core values

of our company are what creates value today.” Stanley Bergman, longtime CEO of medical supply powerhouse Henry Schein and Chief Executive’s 2017 CEO of the Year, congratulations Saleforce CEO Marc Benioff, our 2022 CEO of the Year

Nasdaq’s Nelson Griggs Benioff with his Salesforce ohana—“We call it ohana at Salesforce,” says Benioff. “It’s the Hawaiian word for family.”

Benioff accepting the award from 2021 CEO of the Year Ken Frazier, former CEO of Merck

Benioff with Jessica Sibley, the new CEO of Time magazine, which he’s owned since 2018 With Gavin Patterson, chief strategy officer, Salesforce and AlixPartners’ CEO Simon Freakley PURE Insurance CEO Ross Buchmueller congratulates Benioff at the gala lunch

With Maggie Wilderotter, CEO of Grand Reserve Inn and board member at Costco and DocuSign

With Robin Washington, board member at Salesforce, Alphabet and Honeywell Frazier and Benioff took questions from the audience and Chief Executive Group’s Dan Bigman, left, and AlixPartners’ Ted Bililies, right, who serves as an adviser to the CEO of the Year Committee