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Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Marc Benioff ## Marc Benioff _Benioff is Salesforce Chair and CEO, TIME owner, and a global environmental and philanthropic leader._ ## Marc Benioff *  Sep 10, 2025 ### [AI Is Revolutionizing Health Care. But It Can’t Replace Your Doctor](https://time.com/7315960/ai-healthcare-murali-doraiswamy-marc-benioff-essay/) "The promise of AI in medicine will only be realized if it is built and used responsibly," write Mur... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Aug 28, 2025 ### [What the Agentic AI Era Means for Business and Humanity](https://time.com/7312641/agentic-ai-era-humans/) "We are at the beginning of the Agentic Era, the most significant transformation of work in history,... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jun 24, 2025 ### [10 Steps Needed for Ocean Action Now](https://time.com/7297359/ocean-action-ten-steps/) We believe progress can be made between now and the next UN Ocean Conference in 2028 [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jun 24, 2025 ### [Remembering FedEx CEO Fred Smith](https://time.com/7297159/fed-ex-fred-smith-remembrance/) A leader whose values ran even deeper than his ambition [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jun 8, 2025 ### [How We Can Restore Coral Reefs](https://time.com/7291852/how-we-can-restore-coral-reefs/) Marc Benioff and Ed Russo call for a focused global effort to restore coral-reef health. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Oct 16, 2024 ### [Remembering Lilly Ledbetter's Impact](https://time.com/7093709/lilly-ledbetter-remembrance/) Her willingness to challenge the status quo helped shape a new era in corporate responsibility, writ... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Aug 6, 2024 ### [Remembering Sandy Robertson, Who Helped Create Silicon Valley](https://time.com/7008334/remembering-sandy-robertson/) Marc Benioff remembers entrepreneur and innovator Sandy Roberson. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Oct 24, 2021 ### [What I Learned From Colin Powell](https://time.com/6109886/colin-powell-marc-benioff/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Aug 27, 2021 ### [Yes, We Can Grow 1 Trillion Trees to Help Fight Climate Change](https://time.com/6093342/1-trillion-trees-climate-change/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Aug 27, 2020 ### [Planting 1 Trillion Trees Can Save the Planet](https://time.com/5883791/planting-trees-climate-change/) And how each one of us can make a difference in this fight [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Oct 16, 2019 ### [Marc Benioff: We Need Journalism to Elevate Humanity](https://time.com/5700913/marc-benioff-journalism-humanity/) TIME owner Marc Benioff explains why now more than ever, the truth matters [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Apr 12, 2016 ### [Thank You, Lilly Ledbetter](https://time.com/4289963/lilly-ledbetter-inspire-ceo/) Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff says he knows 'how easy it is for inequality to happen’ Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/marc-benioff/","name":"Marc Benioff"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/marc-benioff/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/marc-benioff/"},"name":"Marc Benioff","jobTitle":null,"description":"Benioff is Salesforce Chair and CEO, TIME owner, and a global environmental and philanthropic leader.","url":"https://time.com/author/marc-benioff/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```