Emily Shugerman of The San Francisco Standard spoke with HPR’s Maddie Bender about reports that Salesforce CEO and billionaire Marc Benioff has shifted his focus and money from California to Hawaiʻi.

Marc Benioff, the chief executive officer and co-founder of Salesforce Inc., has spent north of $1 billion and decades trying to convince the public that he is the good kind of tech titan and that his enterprise software firm is the good kind of tech company.

Mayor Lurie's diplomatic finesse and Nvidia's Huang help cancel federal deployment. Benioff, who sparked the crisis, now takes a bow.

David Spade wants to set the record straight after performing for pro-Trump billionaire Marc Benioff’s tech conference. Spade responded Sunday on his Fly on The Wall podcast to criticism over his set at an annual Salesforce conference hosted by Benioff,

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff believes artificial intelligence will not replace sales jobs. He plans to hire between 3,000 and 5,000 new salespeople. This comes as Salesforce adopts AI in other areas, leading to job cuts in customer support.

Ahead of the event, Salesforce co-founder and CEO Marc Benioff tossed his support behind President Trump in a New York Times interview. He said the president is doing a great job and that he would be open to the National Guard being sent to San Francisco to address ongoing crime.

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff said that "face-to-face communication" was still needed in sales. He recently hired between 3,000 and 5,000 salespeople.

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff is sending mixed signals on AI's workplace impact. While the company replaced 4,000 customer support roles with AI agents,

Salesforce CEO backtracks on troops for SF streets after losing longtime ally Ron Conway, but new revelations about ICE proposals raise more questions.