Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff is bracing for a brutal recession - and says he was blindsided by the market chaos last year

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Salesforce's Marc Benioff says tech CEOs everywhere might soon unleash their inner Elons

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Salesforce CEO asks if tech execs should 'unleash' their inner Elon Musk. Experts say that's an awful idea.

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Marc Benioff told Insider he thinks more companies should take a page out of Elon Musk's playbook when it comes to layoffs, but some experts say otherwise.

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The job cuts by companies like Uber and GM targeting low performers show CEOs are taking a hard-line approach to management

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Marc Benioff, the CEO of Salesforce, previously told Insider, "Every CEO in Silicon Valley has looked at what Elon Musk has done and has asked themselves, 'Do they need to unleash their own Elon within them?'"

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Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian gave a fiery speech on AI during an internal town hall

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Do you have an inner Elon? I'm Diamond Naga Siu, and please let me know whether you have one. I'm digging deep to feel the inner Elon that Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff apparently experiences.

Salesforce stock has 26% upside as Marc Benioff's company shows resolve on 'disciplined growth,' Bank of America says

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Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff sounds the alarm on recession - with shades of the dot-com crash and financial crisis

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Salesforce: A New Dawn. CEO Marc Benioff is pivoting the cloud company from family to profitability.

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Drama is mounting, reader. I'm Diamond Naga Siu, and I'm not just talking about the Selena/Hailey 'mean girls' saga — I'm fascinated by the Salesforce spectacle.

Salesforce's Marc Benioff says he's following 'the Oracle playbook' to improve profits — and Larry Ellison is helping him

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Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff says he is adopting Oracle's playbook and leaning on guidance from his former boss and sometimes friend Oracle chairman and cofounder Larry Ellison.

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Marc Benioff has yet to satisfy the most powerful activist investor. Elliott Management demands a 'sustainable leadership plan' for Salesforce.

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Marc Benioff, chairman and CEO of Salesforce.

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