This is a guest post by Marc Benioff, the CEO of Salesforce.com, billionaire, and philanthropist. Email: jtucker@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @jilltucker. Values of an ethnographic artwork can be wildly different if there are doubts about it.. Koa has a job title at Salesforce, too: the CLO (chief love officer). The Benioffs, who own land in Hawaii, donated the carving to Bishop Museum in Honolulu, where they felt it belongs. His father, Russell, built a chain of apparel stores in San Francisco. Benioff, who owns a five-acre estate in Hawaii, has found ways to integrate Hawaiian culture into the day-to-day at Salesforce. The snarling, musclebound deity, known as The Island Eater, is now the centerpiece of a major exhibition there, exploring the role of traditional sculpture in Hawaiian culture and society. Salesforce donates $1.5 million to fight the San Francisco homelessness problem and CEO Marc Benioff is matching it. But the billionaire businessman does not typically buy art. Benioff, who owns an estate in Hawaii, said he had to beat out a significant bidder, to get the item. Benioff is a former executive of his largest competitor today: Oracle. Times Syndication Service. Salesforce founder and CEO Marc Benioff, one of the prominent billionaires who own second homes in Hawaii, has a message on Twitter for the state that he's calling "Hawaii 5-0: Steps to 0. It's a great city in California. The carving was returned to the islands about a month ago the land-eater idol arriving about a week before the eruption of the Kilauea volcano the timing of which was not lost on Benioff. ``This is a very, very big deal.''. He is the co-founder of the software company Salesforce. Now he's promising that Salesforce will soon double that and become the fastest enterprise software company EVER to deliver $10 billion in revenue. The carving, made sometime between 1780 and 1819, had been in the collection of Claude Vrit, a Paris art dealer, who apparently acquired it in 1940. 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Great to see @Sfpd @SFPDChiefSuhr making good use of the @GibbsSportsAmp Quadski. [53] In April 2021, Benioff and Salesforce sent a plane filled with medical supplies to India to help the country handle the COVID-19 pandemic. Some Lesser Known Facts About Marc Benioff. Mr. Benioff said through a Salesforce spokeswoman that he would not comment for this article, and did not respond to further emails asking if he intended his gift to be tax-deductible. He said at a 2012 conferencethat he spends about a third of his total time at his vacation home. But the billionaire businessman does not typically buy art. Salesforce chief executive Marc Benioff, and his wife Lynne, purchased the rare piece at a November Christie's auction in Paris, paying more than $7 million for the figure, which is less than two feet tall. Years ago, before Salesforce.com's IPO, he rented out the San Francisco Giants' stadium and threw a $250,000 party featuring the B-52s. SAN FRANCISCO -- A 200-year-old carving of the war god Ku has returned home to Hawaii after spending untold years abroad and in the hands of private collectors. As these startups grow, the charitable giving grows, too. requires an appraisal, and at this level the Art Advisory Panel will take a good look at it. 03:28. The donation was made by the. My million-a-year salary, my social life, my condo.". The museum plans to make the carving a centerpiece in a new exhibition opening in February. Required fields are marked *, Who was Muhammad Ali? While the company dialed it back in recent years after criticism from employees, the "Ohana" remains. Marc Benioff and 9 others. SEE ALSO:Marc Benioff has taken to wearing an American flag pin what could it mean? This provenance, George Bennet collection, London, which has no documentary corroboration, was included in marketing materials from Christies. Mr. Marc Benioff is a Co-Founder and serves as Co-Chief Executive Officer and Chairman at Salesforce. And because the stock is doing so well, he's up by about $1 billion from about a year ago. But he says he's not a Democrat: "I'm not a Democrat and I'm not a Republican. Benioff, the high-profile co-CEO, took a sabbatical after nearly a decade at Oracle, "rented a beach hut on the Big Island of Hawaii, swam with dolphins and embraced the spirit of Aloha,". [55] In October 2021, Benioff pledged a $200 million donation to plant trees and fund ecologically-focused entrepreneurs. Microsoft and Salesforce used to be arch enemies, with Benioff havingnary a nice thing to say about former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. ``Today we can celebrate the arrival of this ki'i to Hawaii and to the Bishop Museum where it will serve as a symbol of great cultural pride as well as a reflection of Hawaii's spiritual past.''. Copyright 2023 San Francisco Chronicle. And one of the things he likes to do while he's there is ride a Gibbs Quadski XL, an all-terrain vehicle that can instantly transform into a watercraft. A few of them include Zuora, Path, Clinkle, Urban Compass,Blackjet, and many others. Salesforce founder and co-CEO Marc Benioff is putting his money behind a lobbying push to impose a new tax on big companies that would raise money to help . He has owned plenty of other real estate, especially various homes in San Francisco. After that happened in Indiana, other states, like Arkansas thought twice about passing similar laws. In 1979, at age 15, he founded his first company, Liberty Software, which wrote Atari video games. Marc sponsors free concerts annually. The tech billionaire has since bought several lots near his house, ostensibly to increase his privacy. A San Francisco native, Benioff chose that city as the headquarters for Salesforce, which grew to be the largest tech employer there. It's unclear how it got to Paris, though the museum said it resembles another idol which was brought back to Europe by British missionaries who visited Kona in 1822. 33. Marc Benioff is a well-known internet entrepreneur born in San Francisco, California, on September 25, 1964. Also, please follow us on each of these. Marc Benioff is Chair, CEO, and Co-Founder of Salesforce and a pioneer of cloud computing. Benioff got in a bidding war and ultimately paid $7 million for the idol,according to the San Francisco Chronicle. Where is Marc Benioff from? Muhammad Ali House: Former Los Angeles Home, 6 Steps To Revive A Dead Lawn And Increase Curb Appeal. After a bit of deliberation, the board ended up accepting the gift for use by emergency personnel. Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff's love for the Hawaiian islands knows no bounds. Benioff founded Salesforce in 1999, and it is now a Fortune 150 . Benioff has rented out the entire San Francisco Giants stadium for a corporate event, and he once got David Bowie to perform at a Salesforce Foundation soiree at Carnegie Hall. The elder Mr. Vrit had the distinction of selling artifacts to Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse and Andr Breton, among others. This figure could stand on the world stage., Ms. Kloman declined to comment on the doubts subsequently raised about the sculpture, but a Christies representative said last week in an email that it was an important rediscovery that is sure to inspire continued scholarship and interest.. The billionaire signs his emails, ``Aloha, Marc,'' and likes wearing Hawaiian shirts. "Many things we created in our company he was the inspiration for, and guided us to.". Benioff is a proponent of stakeholder capitalism, the belief that . [65], In February 2016, Benioff announced that Salesforce would reduce investments in Georgia and cancel a conference if HB 757, a bill that would allow businesses to decline services to same-sex couples, was passed. Marc Benioff, the chief executive officer of Salesforce.com, believes he can make the world a better place while also making hefty profits for his company. SIMPLY PUT - where we join the dots to inform and inspire you. generally wont accept an auction receipt as an appraisal, said David Shapiro, a senior appraiser at Victor Wiener Associates in New York. In September, he bought Time magazine for $190 million. DEVELOPER MEDIA KIT S.F. Windsurfing legend Robby Naish, 57, who has won 23 world championships, is selling his estate on. pic.twitter.com/gOiDxrn3H2. #400 Jill Tucker has covered education in California for 22 years, writing stories that range from issues facing Bay Area school districts to broader national policy debates. Stay up to date with what you want to know. [18], Benioff also serves on the World Economic Forum's Board of Trustees and USC Board of Trustees. Sign up for a weekly brief collating many news items into one untangled thought delivered straight to your mailbox. Attracted by the dreamy archipelago's heart-stopping natural beauty, year-round balmy weather, reassuring privacy and seclusion - plus a whole lot more besides - North America's uber-rich have been flocking to this tropical paradise in their droves, with everyone from Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg to Oprah Winfrey and Larry Ellison . Frustrated with an increasingly volatile stock market or just looking to escape to pa[], Haute Media Group Salesforce has seen its market value drop by roughly half since its peak in 2021, to $150 billion. He wears Hawaiian shirts to work and even named his dog "Koa," a word that means"daring warrior" in the native tongue. Aloha, Marc.". [63] Benioff led an effort of business leaders fighting back against the legislation, leading to a revised version of the bill being signed into law that prohibited businesses from denying services to someone based on sexual orientation or gender identity. A 200-year-old carving of the war god Ku has returned home to Hawaii after spending untold years abroad and in the hands of private collectors. Benioff is the billionaire founder of salesforce.com, a cloud computing company. The kii is 20 inches tall and stands in a warrior pose. State storms arent letting up. [31] In 2006, he co-wrote The Business of Changing the World: 20 Great Leaders on Strategic Corporate Philanthropy with Carlye Adler. as well as other partner offers and accept our, NOW WATCH: The 13 best beaches in America. But now doubts have emerged about the sculptures age, inside and outside the Bishop Museum. Anthony Meyer, a dealer based in Paris and a specialist in Oceanic artworks, said I dont think its a pre-contact or post-contact sculpture carved by someone with the belief systems of that period or place, referring to Captain James Cooks arrival in Hawaii in 1778. June 15, 2018. [42], In addition to founding Salesforce in 1999, Benioff also founded the Salesforce Foundation. Benioff is a new-age guy who loves yoga and meditation. ", Benioff said Jobs' final message was clear: "Look inside yourself and realize yourself.". [58], Marc and Lynne Benioff have been included in lists of top givers by Forbes and the Chronicle of Philanthropy. The Hawai'i State Department of Education and Salesforce Chair & Co-CEO Marc Benioff and his wife Lynne are partnering to fund $3 million in . Besides being a co-founder, he is famous as a chairman and co-CEO of this widely-known software company. Benioff recently gave two Quadskis to the San Francisco Police and Fire Departments as a gift, apparently because he thought they would be helpful for water rescues. But it was ``a big deal,'' he said. 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