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The outcome of any claims or litigation, regardless of the merits, is inherently uncertain. Any claims and
other lawsuits, and the disposition of such claims and lawsuits, whether through settlement or litigation, could be
time-consuming and expensive to resolve, divert our attention from executing our business plan, result in efforts
to enjoin our activities, lead to attempts by third parties to seek similar claims and, in the case of intellectual
property claims, require us to change our technology, change our business practices and/or pay monetary
damages or enter into short- or long-term royalty or licensing agreements.
In general, the resolution of a legal matter could prevent us from offering our service to others, could be
material to our financial condition or cash flows, or both, or could otherwise adversely affect our operating
results.
We make a provision for a liability relating to legal matters when it is both probable that a liability has been
incurred and the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated. These provisions are reviewed at least quarterly
and adjusted to reflect the impacts of negotiations, estimated settlements, legal rulings, advice of legal counsel
and other information and events pertaining to a particular matter. In our opinion, resolution of all current matters
is not expected to have a material adverse impact on our consolidated results of operations, cash flows or
financial position. However, depending on the nature and timing of any such dispute, an unfavorable resolution
of a matter could materially affect our future results of operations or cash flows, or both, of a particular quarter.
ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES
Not applicable.
ITEM 4A. EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT
The following sets forth certain information regarding our current executive officers (in alphabetical order):
Name Age Position
Marc Benioff ................... 49 Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer
Keith Block .................... 52 President and Vice Chairman
Parker Harris ................... 47 Co-Founder
George Hu ..................... 39 Chief Operating Officer
Maria Martinez ................. 56 President, Sales and Customer Success
Burke Norton ................... 47 Chief Legal Officer
Graham Smith .................. 54 Chief Financial Officer
Frank van Veenendaal ............ 54 Vice Chairman
Marc Benioff co-founded salesforce.com in February 1999 and has served as Chairman of the Board of
Directors since inception. He has served as Chief Executive Officer since November 2001. From 1986 to 1999,
Mr. Benioff was employed at Oracle Corporation, where he held a number of positions in sales, marketing and
product development, lastly as a Senior Vice President. Mr. Benioff also serves as Chairman of the Board of
Directors of the salesforce.com/foundation and serves as a member of the Board of Directors at Cisco Systems,
Inc. Mr. Benioff received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (B. S. B. A.) from the University of
Southern California, where he is also on the Board of Trustees.
Keith Block has served as our President and Vice Chairman since June 2013. He was also appointed as a
Director by the Board of Directors in June 2013. From September 2002 to June 2012, Mr. Block served as
Executive Vice President, North America of Oracle Corporation. From 1986 to 2002, Mr. Block held various
other positions with Oracle Corporation. From 1984 to 1986, Mr. Block served as Senior Consultant of Booz,
Allen, Hamilton to Air Force executives for the U.S. Space Command. Mr. Block serves on the Board of
Trustees at the Concord Museum, the Board of Visitors at Carnegie-Mellon University Heinz Graduate School,
and the President’s Advisory Council for Carnegie-Mellon University. Mr. Block received a B.S. in Information
Systems and a M.S. in Management & Policy Analysis from Carnegie-Mellon University.
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