{"id":19198,"date":"2018-10-04T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-04T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/?p=19198"},"modified":"2020-09-18T00:36:16","modified_gmt":"2020-09-18T00:36:16","slug":"cnn-profiles-marc-benioff-highlighting-salesforce-co-ceos-commitment-to-values","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/news\/stories\/cnn-profiles-marc-benioff-highlighting-salesforce-co-ceos-commitment-to-values\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN Profiles Marc Benioff, Highlighting Salesforce Co-CEO\u2019s Commitment to Values"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CNN published a profile of Salesforce Chairman and Co-CEO Marc Benioff today with the headline \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2018\/10\/03\/tech\/marc-benioff-profile\/index.html\">Forget Bezos. Marc Benioff is Having a Moment.<\/a>\u201d <\/p><p>The piece is accompanied by broadcast clips of Benioff from a CNN interview conducted at Salesforce\u2019s Dreamforce event last month, and highlights his commitment to prioritizing values such as trust as well as his philanthropic efforts.<\/p><p>&quot;He knows he can be a force for good and a force for change,&quot; Brian Wieser, Pivotal Research Group analyst, told CNN.<\/p><p>Benioff notes in the story that every company needs to ensure that its &quot;highest value&quot; is trust, rather than &quot;power&quot; or &quot;monetization of &#8230; your social network.&quot; Otherwise, he says, companies risk losing customers, employees and top executives.<\/p><p>&quot;I value storytellers,&quot; Benioff said, in response to questions about his recent purchase of Time magazine from Meredith Corp. &quot;I value journalists. I value photographers. 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