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I always tell people: Life is the dance between what you desire most and what you fear most. You've got to be able to deal with the threshold of control.
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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The cloud services companies of all sizes the cloud is for everyone. The cloud is a democracy.
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