US EditionDreamforce 2025 Wraps up in San Francisco Amid National Guard Controversy
Ron Conway resigned after criticizing Marc Benioff’s support for deploying the National Guard in San Francisco amid concerns over immigration raids and local political tensions.
- On Thursday, Ron Conway resigned from the Salesforce Foundation board, citing Marc Benioff's comments endorsing federal troops and backing President Trump last week.
- Benioff told the Times last week he would welcome National Guard troops in San Francisco, saying, `We don't have enough cops, so if they can be cops, I'm all for it.`
- Conway's leaked email accused Benioff of willful ignorance on ICE immigration raids and said private conversations left him unsatisfied, prompting his resignation after decades of friendship.
- The leak arrived on Day 3 of Dreamforce, following the Chase Center benefit concert, as San Francisco city leaders and Governor Gavin Newsom said federal troops are not welcome and highlighted falling homicide and overdose rates.
- Benioff's political shift is striking given his past Democratic support, including hosting a fundraiser for Hillary Clinton nine years ago, while Salesforce federal contracts could complicate his alignment with Trump.
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Benioff apologizes for saying Trump should send troops to San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO — Marc Benioff apologized on Friday for saying President Donald Trump should send the National Guard to San Francisco after a week of being hammered by the city’s leaders and even some of his fellow tech titans for the remarks.
Atlantic Owner Laurene Powell Jobs Flames Time Magazine Head Marc Benioff Over National Guard Comments
Emerson Collective President and founder Laurene Powell Jobs, whose organization owns a majority stake in the Atlantic and has dolled out millions since its founding in 2011, blasted Salesforce CEO and Time magazine owner Marc Benioff over his support for Donald Trump’s potential deployment of the National Guard in San Francisco, writing that Benioff viewed charity as “an auction—and policy is the prize awarded to the highest bidder.” In a Wall …
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der Standard DEMarc Benioff's turnaround in US policy leads to a break with investor legend Ron Conway and triggers a controversy about San Francisco's security
The exit of the Californian entrepreneur, Tuesday, October 14, embodies the trompist shift of the tech bosses and was immediately exploited by the American president.
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