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Revenue has more than doubled from less than $500 million four years ago. From Feb. 1 to Oct. 31, the company added the largest number of customers and subscribers in its history, picking up 12,500 new customers with approximately 500,000 new \u201cseats\u201d (employees at customer companies who are licensed to use its software). The number of Salesforce employees has also mushroomed, rising from roughly 2,000 four years ago to the current 3,800 plus, 300 of them added in the last year.\u201d <\/p> <p><b>Supporting Quotes<\/b><\/p> <ul> <li>Marc Benioff\u2019s reaction to the news: \u201cI am honored to receive this recognition, an achievement that is only possible because of the success of our customers and our cloud computing model.\u201c <\/li> <li>Ray Wang, an analyst with the Altimeter Group said, \u201cThey have continued to push and to innovate. That\u2019s one of the reasons why Benioff is definitely one of the top executives in the industry, and he definitely has a clear vision of where he wants to go next.\u201d <\/li> <li>\u201cMarc Benioff\u2019s vision and leadership combined with salesforce.com\u2019s follow-though for customer success is well deserving of this honor,\u201d said Deborah Alvarez-Rodriguez, CEO and President of Goodwill Industries of San Francisco, San Mateo and Marin Counties. \u201cSalesforce.com is helping us transform Goodwill\u2019s relationship with our 200,000 shoppers, donors and friends into a powerful agent of sustainable social good.\u201d <\/li> <\/ul> <p> <\/p> <p><b>Supporting Resources<\/b><\/p> <ul> <li>For the full story on the San Francisco Business Times\u2019 Executive of the Year story, please visit: <a href=\"http:\/\/sanfrancisco.bizjournals.com\/sanfrancisco\/stories\/2009\/12\/28\/story1.html\">http:\/\/sanfrancisco.bizjournals.com\/sanfrancisco\/stories\/2009\/12\/28\/story1.html<\/a><\/li> <\/ul><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marc Benioff and salesforce.com increase revenue, customers, and jobs in San Francisco in 2009\u2014even in times like these.SAN FRANCISCO, January 20, 201<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"sf_subhead":"Marc Benioff and salesforce.com increase revenue, customers, and jobs in San Francisco in 2009\u2014even in times like these.SAN FRANCISCO, January 20, 201","sf_i18n_disclaimer":false,"alternateThumbnailId":0,"sf_product_cta_id":0,"footnotes":""},"sf_content_type":[1755,1776],"sf_theme":[1912],"sf_topic":[1726,1723],"sf_product":[],"sf_industry":[],"sf_role":[],"sf_multimedia_asset":[],"sf_location":[1724],"sf_collection":[],"sf_visibility":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-20891","sf_press_release","type-sf_press_release","status-publish","hentry","sf_content_type-press-releases","sf_content_type-press-releases-corporate","sf_theme-digital-transformation","sf_topic-digital-transformation","sf_topic-trust","sf_location-amer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - 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