Books recommended by Marc Benioff

Marc Benioff is a well-known entrepreneur and philanthropist, best known for co-founding Salesforce.com, a cloud-based customer relationship management (CRM) platform. https://www.salesforce.com/ He has written books that showcase his leadership philosophy, emphasizing the importance of innovation, disruption, and customer-centricity. His recommended books tend to be a mix of self-help, business strategy, and inspirational works, with a focus on personal growth and leadership development.

1. Autobiography of a Yogi: (by Paramahansa Yogananda). Recommended by Dan Engle , Marc Benioff , Richa Chadha , Steve Jobs , Travis Brewer , Sahil Lavingia , Phil Jackson , Virat Kohli
2. Play Nice But Win: A CEO's Journey from Founder to Leader (by Michael Dell). Recommended by Bill Gates , Eric Schmidt , Howard Schultz , Malcolm Gladwell , Marc Andreessen , Marc Benioff , Ray Dalio , Richard Branson , Satya Nadella , Walter Isaacson , Matthew McConaughey , Adam Grant , Jamie Dimon , Sheryl Sandberg
3. Managing: (by Harold Geneen). Recommended by Marc Benioff
4. Ghost Fleet: A Novel of the Next World War (by P. W. Singer). Recommended by Marc Benioff
5. Crowdsourcing: Why the Power of the Crowd Is Driving the Future of Business (by Jeff Howe). Recommended by Marc Benioff
6. The Precariat: The New Dangerous Class (by Guy Standing). Recommended by Marc Benioff
7. The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google (by Nicholas Carr). Recommended by Marc Benioff
8. The Good Heart: A Buddhist Perspective on the Teachings of Jesus (by Dalai Lama). Recommended by Marc Benioff
9. The Ones We've Been Waiting For: How a New Generation of Leaders Will Transform America (by Charlotte Alter). Recommended by Marc Benioff
10. Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe (by Roger McNamee). Recommended by Marc Benioff
11. Find Me Unafraid: Love, Loss, and Hope in an African Slum (by Kennedy Odede). Recommended by Marc Benioff
12. The End of Illness: (by David B. Agus). Recommended by Al Gore , Marc Benioff , Walter Isaacson
13. The Future Is Faster Than You Think: How Converging Technologies Are Transforming Business, Industries, and Our Lives (by Peter Diamandis). Recommended by Marc Benioff , Tony Robbins
14. Greenlights: (by Matthew McConaughey). Recommended by Marc Benioff , Donald Miller
15. Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice (by Shunryu Suzuki). Recommended by Kevin Rose , Leo Babauta , Marc Benioff , Sharon Salzberg , Steve Jobs , Garry Tan , Andy Puddicombe
16. The American Story: Conversations with Master Historians (by David M. Rubenstein). Recommended by Fareed Zakaria , Marc Benioff
17. MONEY Master the Game: 7 Simple Steps to Financial Freedom (by Tony Robbins). Recommended by Marc Benioff , Ryan Petersen , Andrew Wilkinson , Lewis Howes
18. The Art Of War: (by Sun Tzu). Recommended by Dave Camarillo , Elon Musk , Evan Spiegel , Jocko Willink , Lex Fridman , Marc Benioff , Neil deGrasse Tyson , Ryan Petersen , Travis Kalanick , Vlad Tenev , Fred Wilson
19. A Uterus Is a Feature, Not a Bug: The Working Woman's Guide to Overthrowing the Patriarchy (by Sarah Lacy). Recommended by Marc Benioff , Adam Grant , Brad Feld
20. Dear Founder: Letters of Advice for Anyone Who Leads, Manages, or Wants to Start a Business (by Maynard Webb). Recommended by Howard Schultz , Marc Benioff , Ron Conway
21. The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail (by Clayton M. Christensen). Recommended by Aaron Levie , Ben Horowitz , Bill Gurley , Caterina Fake , Drew Houston , Ev Williams , Guy Kawasaki , Jeff Bezos , Marc Andreessen , Marc Benioff , Mark Cuban , Max Levchin , Michael Bloomberg , Steve Jobs , Tim O’Reilly , Blake Scholl , Chris Dixon , Steve Blank
22. Future Forward: Leadership Lessons from Patrick McGovern, the Visionary Who Circled the Globe and Built a Technology Media Empire (by Glenn Rifkin). Recommended by Bill Gates , Bob Metcalfe , Guy Kawasaki , Marc Benioff , Walter Isaacson
23. The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering (by Frederick P. Brooks Jr.). Recommended by Alan Kay , Jeff Atwood , Jeff Bezos , Larry Ellison , Marc Benioff
24. Ask Your Developer: How to Harness the Power of Software Developers and Win in the 21st Century (by Jeff Lawson). Recommended by Ashton Kutcher , Jason Fried , Marc Benioff
25. Scale: The Universal Laws of Growth, Innovation, Sustainability, and the Pace of Life in Organisms, Cities, Economies, and Companies (by Geoffrey West). Recommended by Marc Benioff , Stewart Brand , Vinod Khosla , Nassim Taleb , Bill Miller
26. AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order (by Kai-Fu Lee). Recommended by Arianna Huffington , Chris Anderson , Marc Benioff , Peter Diamandis , Ryan Shea , Satya Nadella , Tim O’Reilly , Yuval Noah Harari , Balaji Srinivasan
27. Principles: Life and Work (by Ray Dalio). Recommended by Arianna Huffington , Bill Gates , Bryan Johnson , Diddy , Doug McMillon , Drew Houston , Dustin Moskovitz , Gary Vaynerchuk , Howard Marks , Jack Dorsey , Kevin Systrom , Lex Fridman , Marc Benioff , Mark Cuban , Michael Bloomberg , Naval Ravikant , Reed Hastings , Tim Ferriss , Tony Robbins , Austen Allred , Patrick O’Shaughnessy , Tom Bilyeu , Marty Cagan , James Clear