Salesforce, Inc.

Salesforce, Inc. is an American cloud-based software company headquartered in San Francisco, California, founded in March 1999 by former Oracle executive Marc Benioff along with Parker Harris, Dave Moellenhoff, and Frank Dominguez. The company pioneered the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model by bringing Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software to the cloud, revolutionizing how businesses manage customer relationships. Under Marc Benioff's leadership as Chairman and CEO, Salesforce has grown from a startup in a Telegraph Hill apartment to become the world's largest enterprise applications software company and the third-largest enterprise software company globally. The company provides comprehensive cloud-based applications focused on sales, customer service, marketing automation, e-commerce, analytics, artificial intelligence, and application development. Salesforce operates multiple cloud platforms including Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Marketing Cloud, Commerce Cloud, Data Cloud, and the innovative Agentforce AI platform. The company serves over 150,000 companies worldwide across all industries and sizes, from small businesses to Fortune 500 enterprises. Salesforce is renowned for organizing Dreamforce, one of the world's largest technology conferences, which attracts tens of thousands of attendees annually to San Francisco. The company has a strong global presence with offices in over 60 locations worldwide and maintains its commitment to the 1-1-1 philanthropic model, dedicating 1% of equity, product, and employee time to community causes. With annual revenue exceeding $41 billion as of fiscal year 2026, Salesforce continues to lead innovation in cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and customer relationship management solutions.

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