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I don't look at business as a zero-sum game. I don't. I've never seen it play out that way in our industry, and I think you innovate and you add value, deliver value back to customers, and you get value back from the world.

Marc Benioff

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Marc Benioff
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: September 25
Businessman
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Chief Executive Officer
San Francisco County
California
Marc Russell Benioff
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