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Co-founder, chairman, and chief executive of Salesforce
"Valued as of" is the effective date of the market closes, exchange rates, and filings inside the estimate. "Sources checked" is when the pipeline last verified those sources successfully. A weekend check can confirm a Friday valuation without inventing weekend movement.
As of September 4, 2026, Marc Benioff's estimated net worth is about $5.7B(5.7 billion US dollars). That places Marc Benioff at #27 among the people Net Worth Leader currently tracks.
This is an estimate of assets minus documented liabilities. It is not a cash balance, and many holdings may be restricted, pledged, illiquid, or difficult to value.
Marc Benioff co-founded Salesforce in 1999 and built it into the largest enterprise software company by subscription revenue. His estimate is the Salesforce stock reported in his Form 4 filings, a stake that is large in dollars but small as a share of the company.
Benioff left Oracle to start Salesforce around the idea of software delivered over the internet, listed the company in 2004, and expanded it through acquisitions including Tableau and Slack. He has given away stock steadily and sells shares under prearranged plans.
The estimate tracks Salesforce's share price. Scheduled sales and gifts change the count in small steps.
Marc Benioff's estimate declined mainly because Salesforce, Inc. shares decreased from the prior comparable close.
A one-day estimate change is not the same as income, profit, or a realized gain or loss.
| Component | Class | Ownership | Valuation basis | Central value | Supported range | Evidence date | Price date | Sources | Freshness |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salesforce common stock held directlySalesforce, Inc. (CRM, Common stock) | listed equity | direct (11,934,486 units) | Listed close | 3.1 billion US dollars | Priced value | [1] Marc Benioff, Form 4 (Salesforce, Inc.), [2] Daily unadjusted closing prices, chart endpoint | current | ||
| Salesforce common stock held by a trust and Marc Benioff Fund LLCSalesforce, Inc. (CRM, Common stock) | listed equity | indirect (10,107,000 units) | Listed close | 2.6 billion US dollars | Priced value | [1] Marc Benioff, Form 4 (Salesforce, Inc.), [2] Daily unadjusted closing prices, chart endpoint | current |
Liabilities without a documented value are never shown as zero; they are simply not included, and that limitation is part of source coverage below.
100.0% of this profile's modeled gross value is supported by Tier 1 or Tier 2 evidence (primary filings, official documents, licensed market data, or audited accounts). The profile carries a strong coverage label.
No meaningful range beyond the central estimate is supported for this profile, so only the central value is published. Unknown liabilities are not evidence that no liabilities exist. No personal liability is documented for this profile, so none is deducted.
The timeline runs from June 12, 2026 to September 4, 2026; the latest estimate is higher than the first point. Points before August 20, 2026 are labeled modeled reconstructions: today's reviewed ownership records applied to the closing prices of each earlier market date. Published history begins August 20, 2026 and grows one point per completed market date.
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| 5.7 billion US dollars | Published snapshot | |
| 5.8 billion US dollars | Published snapshot | |
| 5.7 billion US dollars | Published snapshot | |
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| 4.5 billion US dollars | Modeled reconstruction | |
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| 3.7 billion US dollars | Modeled reconstruction |
On paper, Marc Benioff's estimated net worth is equivalent to about 1,140,000,000 five-dollar coffees.
Reference value $5, effective 2026-08-20. Labeled assumption
A deliberately generic editorial assumption, visibly labeled as an assumption rather than a market fact.
On paper, Marc Benioff's estimated net worth is equivalent to about 87,300 years of median full-time US pay.
Reference value $65,416, effective 2026-06-30. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Uses the BLS median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers for the second quarter of 2026 ($1,258, seasonally adjusted) multiplied by 52 weeks, before taxes.
Split evenly across every New York City resident, the estimate works out to about $666 per person.
Cited population 8,580,000, effective 2025-07-01. U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, published by the NYC Department of City Planning
Divides the estimate evenly across the Census Bureau's July 1, 2025 estimate for New York City. Arithmetic only.
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Share counts come from his April 23, 2026 Form 4: 11,934,486 direct shares, 107,000 by trust, and 10,000,000 held by Marc Benioff Fund LLC, which he reports as beneficially owned. Time magazine and real estate holdings are not modeled.
Identity facts stored separately for this profile: citizenship United States; residence United States; ranking attribution United States. Attribution reason: Citizenship, residence, and the headquarters of the companies that drive the estimate are all in the United States.
Reviewed by Net Worth Leader editorial desk on August 20, 2026. General rules live in the methodology.
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