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On the heels of honoring Salesforce on its 2018 list of the World\u2019s 100 Most Innovative Companies<\/a>, Forbes has ranked Salesforce Chairman and Co-CEO Marc Benioff at #6 on its list of the World\u2019s Most Innovative Leaders<\/a>. Frederick E. Allen, Leadership Editor at Forbes, cited Salesforce\u2019s three-year market value creation of $50 billion, its three-year stock gain of 143 percent, and its \u201cinnovation premium\u201d of 82.4 percent, which was highest among the top ten ranked honorees.<\/p>

\u201cWhat sets apart the superstars of innovation? Not just creativity and genius ideas,\u201d Allen reports. \u201cIt’s a combination of strengths from skill at leading innovation to powerful connections with other leaders and, perhaps most important, an ever-growing record of making big new things happen.\u201d<\/p>

Professor Jeff Dyer of Brigham Young University and Assistant Professor Nathan Furr of INSEAD business school helped to create Forbes\u2019 list, evaluating what they refer to as \u201cinnovation capital\u201d by measuring four essential qualities: reputation for innovation (looking at media coverage over five years), social connections and networks (on Twitter and LinkedIn), track record for value creation (based on the market value growth of their companies) and investor expectations for future value creation (measured by the premium investors put on their companies’ stock).<\/p>

Forbes\u2019 full list of honorees is found here<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On the heels of honoring Salesforce on its 2018 list of the World\u2019s 100 Most Innovative Companies, Forbes has ranked Salesforce Chairman and Co-CEO Marc Benioff at #6 on its list of the World\u2019s Most Innovative Leaders. Frederick E. Allen, Leadership Editor at Forbes, cited Salesforce\u2019s three-year market value creation of $50 billion, its three-year […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":19502,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sf_subhead":"","sf_i18n_disclaimer":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"alternateThumbnailId":0,"sf_product_cta_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"sf_content_type":[1735],"sf_theme":[1914],"sf_topic":[1752,1775,1763,1733],"sf_product":[],"sf_industry":[],"sf_role":[],"sf_multimedia_asset":[],"sf_location":[1724],"sf_collection":[],"sf_visibility":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-19501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","sf_content_type-news-highlights","sf_theme-business-as-a-platform-for-change","sf_topic-awards-and-recognition","sf_topic-earnings","sf_topic-innovation","sf_topic-stakeholder-capitalism","sf_location-amer"],"yoast_head":"\nForbes Honors Salesforce Chairman and Co-CEO Marc Benioff on its List of the World\u2019s Most Innovative Leaders - 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