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Salesforce is the #1 AI CRM, helping companies become Agentic Enterprises—a new model of work where humans and AI agents drive customer success together. Our unified platform connects data, AI, and Customer 360 applications on a foundation of trust and governance, enabling organizations to orchestrate every decision, process, and interaction with real-time context. Grounded in our values of trust, customer success, innovation, equality, and sustainability, Salesforce elevates human performance, accelerates decisions, and deepens customer relationships—empowering every employee to work side by side with AI coworkers to achieve more, move faster, and operate with greater efficiency. read more

This company is accepting feedback from verified employees EMPLOYEE PARTICIPANTS: 1764

TOTAL RATINGS: 43568

CEO: Marc Benioff

Marc Benioff Salesforce CEO Rating

Salesforce's CEO, Marc Benioff, has 1740 employee ratings and a score of 87/100, placing them in the Top 5% of similar size companies on Comparably with 10,000+ Employees and Top 5% of other companies in San Francisco. When breaking the CEO score down by factors such as department, gender, and ethnicity, we see that males at Salesforce rate Marc Benioff higher than females, giving the CEO a score of 87/100.

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Where This Score Ranks Salesforce's CEO Rating

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In the Top 5% of 1339 Similar Sized Companies on Comparably
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In the Top 5% of 932 Nearby Companies in San Francisco
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3rd place versus 5 competitors rated on Comparably

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Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff Bio

Marc Benioff serves as the CEO / President of Salesforce.

Who Ranks Salesforce's CEO Rating the Highest?

Experience - Entry Level 94/100

Tenure - Over 10 Years 93/100

Department - Operations 91/100

Who Ranks Salesforce's CEO Rating the Lowest?

Ethnicity - African American/Black 79/100

Department - Legal 80/100

Ethnicity - Native American 80/100

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff At a Glance

The CEO score provides an understanding of how employees feel about the CEO’s leadership style and effectiveness at Salesforce.

Based on 1740 ratings, Marc Benioff ranks right below Adobe's CEO, Shantanu Narayen.

Salesforce's CEO is highly regarded by employees with Entry Level experience, employees who have been at the company Over 10 Years, and the Operations department. However, African American/Black employees, the Legal department, and Native American employees have a less favorable view of the CEO and believe there is room for improvement. Overall, the CEO score has remained stable over the last 90 days.