The Bloomberg Billionaires Index estimated Marc Benioff's net worth at about $8.31 billion in February 2022. Most of it comes from his Salesforce shares.
His first earnings came as a teenager. He founded Liberty Software at 15 and sold Atari games, with royalties reaching $1,500 a month at 16. He then worked at Oracle for about 13 years before founding Salesforce on 8 March 1999. Early backers included Larry Ellison and Halsey Minor.
Salesforce went public on the NYSE in June 2004, raising $110 million. It passed $1 billion in revenue in 2009 and joined the Dow Jones Industrial Average in 2020. It bought Tableau for $15.7 billion in 2019 and Slack for $27.7 billion in 2021.
In fiscal 2026, which ended on 31 January 2026, Salesforce reported revenue of $41.525 billion, net income of $7.457 billion and operating income of $8.331 billion. Its market value was $183.04 billion on 6 November 2026. Benioff and his wife bought Time in 2018 for $190 million.