Fighting the Dark Side: Tech’s Heroes and Villains

Benioff, CEO of breakthrough enterprise cloud company salesforce.com, is a savvy businessman and he’s not afraid to let people know it. But his vision of “the end of software” was remarkably prescient, and he had the gumption to use the SaaS model successfully against big enterprise vendors like SAP and Microsoft. He is also a respected philanthropist. Through his Salesforce Foundation, the company contributes one percent of profits, equity and employee hours back to the community.

How can a renowned philanthropist also be a villain? If anyone qualifies, it’s Gates. For decades, the Microsoft co-founder used Windows’ dominance to push questionable business tactics that locked competitors out of various markets. Behind the nerdy glasses was a ruthless businessman who didn’t always play by the rules. But Gates’s amazing charitable work makes it easy to forget his past transgressions.

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