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This article is MISLEADING. Marc Benioff did NOT invent cloud computing. He is just mass producing (or, in this case, "offering") it like McDonalds. ask123 ( talk) 19:14, 1 October 2009 (UTC) --- I am just figuring out howto mark it as stub, obviously it is not enciclopedic style, if not pure (self)-promotion
Dieter Huelskamp ( talk) 00:27, 24 August 2010 (UTC)
The whole opening paragraph reads like a bad sales pitch. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.27.121.68 ( talk) 04:16, 13 September 2010 (UTC)
Somthing like "Ethnicity Jewish" not exists. Jewish are Palestinian. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.96.238.116 ( talk) 04:29, 8 November 2014 (UTC)
The second paragraph focused on philanthropy seemed suspiciously out of place especially considering there's an entire section devoted to it, so I moved/merged any citations into the relevant philanthropic contributions section and removed the entire second paragraph from the lead. Marc Benioff Edit by Eganist at 04:03, 13 April 2019 - feel free to review. Eganist ( talk) 04:12, 13 April 2019 (UTC)
Interesting details in some of the citations e.g. the one I just named "forbes-best-co-list" -- the citation about Salesforce being a Best Company to work at is placed over Salesforce's description as a cloud computing company. This purpose can be served by the forbes-profile citation, so I went ahead and made the edit removing the forbes-best-co-list citation since it's entirely irrelevant to the point being cited. But the point I'm making is that in combination with the charitable giving model plugged into the lead as well as the reference to the best companies list, it seems like this article was likely professionally edited and needs a few passes by other unbiased editors. I'm a novice editor, though, so I'd encourage others to review my edits. Marc Benioff Edit by Eganist at 04:06, 13 April 2019 - feel free to review. Eganist ( talk) 04:12, 13 April 2019 (UTC)
This list of recognitions is too promotional for my taste. Sure, Benioff has influence and has received honors; that's the nature of being a billionaire CEO. But since the article's neutrality is disputed, I'd recommend deleting this entire section. FishAndChips36 ( talk) 12:47, 15 September 2021 (UTC)
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I have five requests.
1: In the first section, please add information about Benioff’s net worth as reported by Bloomberg, as shown below.
Partly done
Duke Gilmore (
talk)
02:39, 13 January 2023 (UTC)
2: In the Career section, please add information about Time Ventures, Benioff’s memberships in Business Roundtable and the Business Council, and Benioff’s co-CEO status, as shown below:
Done
Duke Gilmore (
talk)
02:39, 13 January 2023 (UTC)
3: In the Co-written Work section, please state that the 2019 book became a New York Times bestseller, as shown below.
Done
Duke Gilmore (
talk)
02:39, 13 January 2023 (UTC)
4: Please retitle the “Influence and Honors” section to “Recognition,” and include Benioff’s honors from Harvard Business Review, CNN Business, GLAAD, the Billie Jean King Leadership Initiative, and Variety Magazine, as shown below.
Done I broke out each year into its own line.
Duke Gilmore (
talk)
02:39, 13 January 2023 (UTC)
5: Please add subsections and new information to the Philanthropy section as follows. I have inserted italics around new information. New sources are included as well.
Done Mostly...no sections, and added everything in mostly chronological order.
Duke Gilmore (
talk)
02:39, 13 January 2023 (UTC)
Thank you! Annasf3986 ( talk) 20:42, 22 August 2022 (UTC)
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Hello! COI editor here for Salesforce, a client of an agency affiliated with my employer, Porter Novelli. Requesting some updates to this article:
proposed Philanthropy subsections
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In addition to founding Salesforce in 1999, Benioff also founded the Salesforce Foundation. The foundation uses a "1-1-1" approach to corporate philanthropy, where the company gives one percent of employee time as volunteer hours, one percent of its product and one percent of its revenue to charitable causes. [5] [6] [7] Marc and Lynne Benioff have been included in lists of top givers by Forbes and the Chronicle of Philanthropy. [8] [9] [10] [11] In 2019, the Benioffs donated $30 million to the Center for Vulnerable Populations for the Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative to study the impacts of homelessness, housing, and health. [12] In 2010, the Benioffs donated $100 million to UCSF Children's Hospital. In 2014, they donated an additional $100 million to the hospital and $50 million to fund research on premature birth. In 2019, the Benioffs donated $25 million to UCSF to create the UCSF Benioff Center for Microbiome Medicine; $10 million to Stanford University for the Microbiome Therapies Initiative; [13] and $35 million to establish a Prostate Cancer Research Initiative at University of California, San Francisco. [14] In March 2020, Benioff procured 50 million pieces of personal protective equipment for hospitals and COVID-19 first responders in the United States. [15] In April 2020, Benioff donated more than $1 million to Give2SF COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund. [16] In April 2021, Benioff and Salesforce sent a plane filled with medical supplies to India to help the country handle the COVID-19 pandemic. [17] In 2016, Benioff announced a $10 million donation to the University of California at Santa Barbara to establish the Benioff Ocean Initiative. [18] In 2017, the Benioffs partnered with the US National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to form the Pacific Islands Research and Conservation Programme. [19] In January 2020, Benioff announced that he and his wife would provide financial backing for 1t.org to support a global initiative to plant and conserve 1 trillion trees over the next decade. [20] In October 2020, Marc and Lynne Benioff were founding partners of Prince William's Earthshot Prize, a program for finding solutions to environmental issues. [21] In October 2021, Benioff pledged a $200 million donation to plant trees and fund ecologically focused entrepreneurs. [22] Salesforce also donated $100 million to the same causes. [22] [23] In 2021, they were founding members of the World Economic Forum's Friends of Ocean Action initiative, providing approximately $11 million in funding. [19] In 2024, the Benioffs donated a total of $150 million towards Hawaii hospitals that will link Hawaii Pacific Health system (HPH) with Hilo Medical Center (HMC) and the UCSF Health. $100 million will be used toward the redevelopment of the new Straub Hospital campus in Honolulu, part of HPH, slated for completion in 2026; $50 million will go towards revamping the aging Hilo Medical Center on the Hawaii island. HPH intends to collaborate with HMC in physician co-recruitment efforts on the Hawaii island, while UCSF Health, specifically and UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals, will provide clinical expertise outreach efforts in oncology and neurology for patients needing specialized care at these Hawaii facilities. Both Straub and HMC will rename their hospitals to Straub Benioff Medical Center and Hilo Benioff Medical Center, respectively, in recognition of the Benioffs. [24] |
Thanks for your time and consideration! Mary Gaulke ( talk) 19:14, 3 July 2024 (UTC)
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This article is MISLEADING. Marc Benioff did NOT invent cloud computing. He is just mass producing (or, in this case, "offering") it like McDonalds. ask123 ( talk) 19:14, 1 October 2009 (UTC) --- I am just figuring out howto mark it as stub, obviously it is not enciclopedic style, if not pure (self)-promotion
Dieter Huelskamp ( talk) 00:27, 24 August 2010 (UTC)
The whole opening paragraph reads like a bad sales pitch. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.27.121.68 ( talk) 04:16, 13 September 2010 (UTC)
Somthing like "Ethnicity Jewish" not exists. Jewish are Palestinian. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.96.238.116 ( talk) 04:29, 8 November 2014 (UTC)
The second paragraph focused on philanthropy seemed suspiciously out of place especially considering there's an entire section devoted to it, so I moved/merged any citations into the relevant philanthropic contributions section and removed the entire second paragraph from the lead. Marc Benioff Edit by Eganist at 04:03, 13 April 2019 - feel free to review. Eganist ( talk) 04:12, 13 April 2019 (UTC)
Interesting details in some of the citations e.g. the one I just named "forbes-best-co-list" -- the citation about Salesforce being a Best Company to work at is placed over Salesforce's description as a cloud computing company. This purpose can be served by the forbes-profile citation, so I went ahead and made the edit removing the forbes-best-co-list citation since it's entirely irrelevant to the point being cited. But the point I'm making is that in combination with the charitable giving model plugged into the lead as well as the reference to the best companies list, it seems like this article was likely professionally edited and needs a few passes by other unbiased editors. I'm a novice editor, though, so I'd encourage others to review my edits. Marc Benioff Edit by Eganist at 04:06, 13 April 2019 - feel free to review. Eganist ( talk) 04:12, 13 April 2019 (UTC)
This list of recognitions is too promotional for my taste. Sure, Benioff has influence and has received honors; that's the nature of being a billionaire CEO. But since the article's neutrality is disputed, I'd recommend deleting this entire section. FishAndChips36 ( talk) 12:47, 15 September 2021 (UTC)
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Hello! I’m Anna. I work for Salesforce. I have some edits to request for this article. I’ve tried to make them as readable as possible, so I’ve shown a before and after version. Please let me know if I could improve the way I make requests or if you have any questions! I look forward to working with the Wikipedia community on improving this article!
I have five requests.
1: In the first section, please add information about Benioff’s net worth as reported by Bloomberg, as shown below.
Partly done
Duke Gilmore (
talk)
02:39, 13 January 2023 (UTC)
2: In the Career section, please add information about Time Ventures, Benioff’s memberships in Business Roundtable and the Business Council, and Benioff’s co-CEO status, as shown below:
Done
Duke Gilmore (
talk)
02:39, 13 January 2023 (UTC)
3: In the Co-written Work section, please state that the 2019 book became a New York Times bestseller, as shown below.
Done
Duke Gilmore (
talk)
02:39, 13 January 2023 (UTC)
4: Please retitle the “Influence and Honors” section to “Recognition,” and include Benioff’s honors from Harvard Business Review, CNN Business, GLAAD, the Billie Jean King Leadership Initiative, and Variety Magazine, as shown below.
Done I broke out each year into its own line.
Duke Gilmore (
talk)
02:39, 13 January 2023 (UTC)
5: Please add subsections and new information to the Philanthropy section as follows. I have inserted italics around new information. New sources are included as well.
Done Mostly...no sections, and added everything in mostly chronological order.
Duke Gilmore (
talk)
02:39, 13 January 2023 (UTC)
Thank you! Annasf3986 ( talk) 20:42, 22 August 2022 (UTC)
References
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Hello! COI editor here for Salesforce, a client of an agency affiliated with my employer, Porter Novelli. Requesting some updates to this article:
proposed Philanthropy subsections
|
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In addition to founding Salesforce in 1999, Benioff also founded the Salesforce Foundation. The foundation uses a "1-1-1" approach to corporate philanthropy, where the company gives one percent of employee time as volunteer hours, one percent of its product and one percent of its revenue to charitable causes. [5] [6] [7] Marc and Lynne Benioff have been included in lists of top givers by Forbes and the Chronicle of Philanthropy. [8] [9] [10] [11] In 2019, the Benioffs donated $30 million to the Center for Vulnerable Populations for the Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative to study the impacts of homelessness, housing, and health. [12] In 2010, the Benioffs donated $100 million to UCSF Children's Hospital. In 2014, they donated an additional $100 million to the hospital and $50 million to fund research on premature birth. In 2019, the Benioffs donated $25 million to UCSF to create the UCSF Benioff Center for Microbiome Medicine; $10 million to Stanford University for the Microbiome Therapies Initiative; [13] and $35 million to establish a Prostate Cancer Research Initiative at University of California, San Francisco. [14] In March 2020, Benioff procured 50 million pieces of personal protective equipment for hospitals and COVID-19 first responders in the United States. [15] In April 2020, Benioff donated more than $1 million to Give2SF COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund. [16] In April 2021, Benioff and Salesforce sent a plane filled with medical supplies to India to help the country handle the COVID-19 pandemic. [17] In 2016, Benioff announced a $10 million donation to the University of California at Santa Barbara to establish the Benioff Ocean Initiative. [18] In 2017, the Benioffs partnered with the US National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to form the Pacific Islands Research and Conservation Programme. [19] In January 2020, Benioff announced that he and his wife would provide financial backing for 1t.org to support a global initiative to plant and conserve 1 trillion trees over the next decade. [20] In October 2020, Marc and Lynne Benioff were founding partners of Prince William's Earthshot Prize, a program for finding solutions to environmental issues. [21] In October 2021, Benioff pledged a $200 million donation to plant trees and fund ecologically focused entrepreneurs. [22] Salesforce also donated $100 million to the same causes. [22] [23] In 2021, they were founding members of the World Economic Forum's Friends of Ocean Action initiative, providing approximately $11 million in funding. [19] In 2024, the Benioffs donated a total of $150 million towards Hawaii hospitals that will link Hawaii Pacific Health system (HPH) with Hilo Medical Center (HMC) and the UCSF Health. $100 million will be used toward the redevelopment of the new Straub Hospital campus in Honolulu, part of HPH, slated for completion in 2026; $50 million will go towards revamping the aging Hilo Medical Center on the Hawaii island. HPH intends to collaborate with HMC in physician co-recruitment efforts on the Hawaii island, while UCSF Health, specifically and UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals, will provide clinical expertise outreach efforts in oncology and neurology for patients needing specialized care at these Hawaii facilities. Both Straub and HMC will rename their hospitals to Straub Benioff Medical Center and Hilo Benioff Medical Center, respectively, in recognition of the Benioffs. [24] |
Thanks for your time and consideration! Mary Gaulke ( talk) 19:14, 3 July 2024 (UTC)