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Salesforce

Salesforce, Inc. is an American enterprise software company headquartered in San Francisco, California. It is best known for customer relationship management software and related applications, which the corporation delivers through a software as a service subscription business model. It also provides software for sales, customer service, marketing…

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Founded
March 8, 1999; 27 years ago (1999-03-08)
Founders
Marc Benioff · Parker Harris · Dave Moellenhoff · Frank Dominguez
Industry
Information technology
Headquarters
Salesforce Tower San Francisco, California, U.S.
Formerly
Salesforce.com, Inc. (1999–2022)
Key people
Marc Benioff (chairman & CEO) · Parker Harris (CTO)

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Operations

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Salesforce Ventures

Office locations

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Salesforce

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Edges143
Triples291
Avg. degree1.99
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Salesforce

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related to Salesforce Ventures · 24
Salesforce → CloudCraze, DocuSign, Domo, Dropbox, Figure Eight, FinancialForce, Forter, Generative AI Fund, In, In August, In December, In June, In September, Japan Trailblazer Fund, Japanese, John Somorjai, Salesforce Ventures, Salesforce1 Fund, September, SFV
related to 2006–2019 · 23
Salesforce → Activa Live Chat, AI, Buddy Media, Dimdim, ExactTarget, GoInstant, Heroku, In, Instranet, Jigsaw, Kieden, Koral, MinHash, Radian6, RelateIQ, Ruby, Rypple, Sendia, SteelBrick, Tempo
related to Operations · 16
Salesforce → Dow Jones Indices, Dow Jones Industrial Average, ExxonMobil, Hong Kong, In August, Index, London, Paris, Poor's, Salesforce Tower, San Francisco, September, Standard, Sydney, Tel Aviv, Tokyo
related to 2026 company kickoff and ICE controversy · 15
Salesforce → Agentforce, Benioff, CEO Marc Benioff, Customs Enforcement, During, During Salesforce's, February, ICE, Immigration, In March, OK, Parker Harris, Robin Washington, Slack, The
related to history · 15
Salesforce → CEO, CNET, Dave Moellenhoff, Frank Dominguez, Halsey Minor, Larry Ellison, Marc Benioff, March, November, Oracle, Parker Harris, SaaS, Salesforce's, The, Two
related to Office locations · 13
Salesforce → AU, Bishopsgate, Chicago, Heron Tower, Indianapolis, London, New York, Salesforce Singapore, Salesforce Tower, San Francisco, Sydney, UK, US
related to Salesforce Platform · 12
Salesforce → Apex, Beginning, Craig Weissman, Force, HTML, Java-like, Lightning Components, PaaS, Salesforce Platform, The Apex, These, Visualforce
related to 2018 taxes · 10
Salesforce → According, December, Economic Policy, Fortune, Institute, Jobs Act, Tax Cuts, Taxation, The, Their
related to 2020–present · 10
Salesforce → Acumen Solutions, CRM, July, Phennecs, Salesforce's, Servicetrace, Slack Technologies, Slack-bot, Troops, Vlocity
related to Disability discrimination lawsuit in Japan · 10
Salesforce → ADHD, As, At, HR, In July, Japanese, Salesforce Japan, She, The, Tokyo District Court

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SalesforceFormerlySalesforce.com, Inc. (1999–2022)1.00infobox
SalesforceFoundedMarch 8, 1999; 27 years ago (1999-03-08)1.00infobox
SalesforceFoundersMarc Benioff1.00infobox
SalesforceFoundersParker Harris1.00infobox
SalesforceFoundersDave Moellenhoff1.00infobox
SalesforceFoundersFrank Dominguez1.00infobox
SalesforceHeadquartersSalesforce Tower San Francisco, California, U.S.1.00infobox
SalesforceIndustryInformation technology1.00infobox
SalesforceKey peopleMarc Benioff (chairman & CEO)1.00infobox
SalesforceKey peopleParker Harris (CTO)1.00infobox
SalesforceNet incomeUS$7.457 billion (2026)1.00infobox
SalesforceNumber of employees83,334 (2026)1.00infobox
SalesforceOperating incomeUS$8.331 billion (2026)1.00infobox
SalesforceProductsEnterprise software1.00infobox
SalesforceProductsCloud computing1.00infobox
SalesforceProductsPlatform as a service1.00infobox
SalesforceRevenueUS$41.525 billion (2026)1.00infobox
SalesforceServicesSoftware as a service1.00infobox
SalesforceServicesConsulting1.00infobox
SalesforceSubsidiariesQuip1.00infobox
SalesforceSubsidiariesHeroku1.00infobox
SalesforceSubsidiariesMuleSoft1.00infobox
SalesforceSubsidiariesTableau Software1.00infobox
SalesforceSubsidiariesAcumen Solutions1.00infobox
SalesforceSubsidiariesSlack Technologies1.00infobox
SalesforceSubsidiariesInformatica1.00infobox
SalesforceTotal assetsUS$112.305 billion (2026)1.00infobox
SalesforceTotal equityUS$59.142 billion (2026)1.00infobox
SalesforceTraded asNYSE: CRM1.00infobox

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