Salesforce.com founder challenges Bay Area's tech leaders to give more
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
Salesforce.com founder Marc Benioff is challenging fellow tech leaders to raise millions to fund a new antipoverty program - and recast the industry as a local hero.
"We don't want to be the industry that looks like 'The Wolf of Wall Street,' " he told The Chronicle. "We want to be more benevolent."
On Friday - the software company's 15th birthday - Salesforce and the nonprofit Tipping Point will announce the formation of SF Gives, an initiative to raise $10 million over the next 60 days for Bay Area antipoverty programs.
... "We have to keep a light on this idea that if you come to San Francisco, you need to also be committed to giving back," Benioff said. "You can't just take from our city. You can't just come here from another city, another state, another country, start a company, take advantage of all of our resources - and then leave with all of your money that you created."
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