15 things you might not know about Marc Benioff

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Salesforce chief Marc Benioff has attracted quite a bit of attention as of late.

Benioff was raised in Hillsborough and attended Burlingame High School. A young entrepreneur, his early career involved a long tenure at Oracle and close professional relationships with Steve Jobs and Larry Ellison.

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The tech giant recently made headlines for butting heads with Jack Dorsey, the head of Twitter and Square, over Proposition C, a measure that would tax the city's largest businesses to fund homeless programs.

Benioff, who has donated $11 million to help the homeless, supports Prop C, and pledged at least $2 million of his money to help the measure pass. Dorsey said he supports programs to fight homelessness, but not the initiative.

"Thanks for the feedback," Benioff wrote to Dorsey in a spiky Twitter exchange. "Which homeless programs in our city are you supporting? Can you tell me what Twitter and Square & you are in for & at what financial levels? How much have you given to heading home our $37M initiate to get every homeless child off the streets?"

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Benioff said he's vowed to get every homeless family off San Francisco's streets in the next five years.

He has, however, also been the subject of recent criticism.

In September, on the first day of Salesforce's flagship conference, protesters spoke out against Salesforce's continuing contract with U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Salesforce provides analytics, recruiting and customer-service software to the agency.