Chair of the Board and Chief Executive Officer · Salesforce, Inc. (CRM)

Marc Benioff

A named executive officer of Salesforce in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2016 to FY2026. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2026

$49,379,252

FY2025: $55,074,656

1st of 7 named executive officers at Salesforce by FY2026 total.

7 named officers on file for Salesforce, FY2026

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What this number hides

The filing gives the total. Salesforce’s full Executive Compensation Report gives every award, the disclosed peer set and what the total leaves out — the pair adds the board’s.

Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 16, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-07.

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Marc Benioff compensation by year

Salesforce Summary Compensation Table · all 11 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Salesforce reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026
Salary$1,550,000$1,550,000$1,550,000$1,550,000$1,550,000$1,550,000$1,550,000$1,550,000$1,550,000$1,550,000$1,550,000
Bonus$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$3,750$2,500$2,500$833
Stock awards$17,455,952$4,373,238$0$13,500,066$12,000,012$12,000,089$13,500,117$14,760,156$16,338,290$28,028,587$27,265,360
Option awards$9,807,069$2,848,014$0$9,000,011$8,000,000$8,000,031$9,000,018$9,840,007$14,000,033$17,400,069$10,743,097
Non-equity incentive$3,100,000$3,100,000$3,100,000$3,100,000$3,100,000$2,824,100$3,100,000$2,170,000$3,100,000$3,487,500$3,602,588
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
All other$1,449,882$1,298,795$3,362$1,241,769$1,319,482$1,366,555$1,451,977$1,544,980$4,651,350$4,606,000$6,217,374
Total$33,362,903$13,170,047$4,653,362$28,391,846$25,969,494$25,740,775$28,602,112$29,868,893$39,642,173$55,074,656$49,379,252

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Salesforce, Inc. DEF 14A filed April 16, 2026, accession 0001108524-26-000085, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the Salesforce, Inc. filed document, accession 0001108524-26-000085. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 16, 2026.

$33.4M
$13.2M
$4.7M
$28.4M
$26.0M
$25.7M
$28.6M
$29.9M
$39.6M
$55.1M
$49.4M
FY16
FY17
FY18
FY19
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
FY26
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2026 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU78,120$16,584,095—
PSU39,117$8,304,148—
PSU39,060$8,292,047—
PSU26,078$5,536,099—
RSU20,874$4,431,341—
RSU18,886$4,009,309—
PSU18,060$3,833,957—
PSU13,039$2,768,049—
PSU6,020$1,277,986—
RSU5,714$1,213,025—
Option19,877—$167.45
Option28,529—$186.51

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in Salesforce, Inc.'s FY2026 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it. The 12 largest of 15 award rows shown.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

1 Form 4 line since the FY2026 proxy (filed April 16, 2026)
current to 2026-11-07 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-04-22Tax withholding—22,560$189.8011,934,486

The 1 most recent of 1 lines, each as reported on the Form 4. "10b5-1" marks a trade the filing reports under a pre-arranged trading plan. View every Form 4 filing on EDGAR →

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments Salesforce discloses, by trigger · FY2025
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Death$0$5,000,000$0$5,000,000
Change in control and involuntary termination$10,075,000$148,364,374$78,604$158,517,978
Change in control, no termination$0$70,181,080$0$70,181,080

Per the Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control table in Salesforce, Inc.'s FY2025 proxy. Estimates as the company printed them; a dash means it printed no figure.

Salesforce’s named executive officers, FY2026

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2026 total
Marc Benioff · this pageChair of the Board and Chief Executive Officer$49,379,252
Robin WashingtonPresident and Chief Operating and Financial Officer$28,445,699
Srinivas TallapragadaPresident and Chief Engineering and Customer Success Officer$20,580,778
Miguel MilanoPresident and Chief Revenue Officer$18,701,481
David SchmaierPresident and Chief Strategy Officer$15,193,161
Parker HarrisCo-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Slack$14,547,253
Amy WeaverFormer President and Chief Financial Officer$1,230,063

Board service

Salesforce board · FY2021–FY2026

How this board is paid

Company policy: Salesforce pays directors a $0 cash retainer and $375,000 in RSUs. As stated in Salesforce's FY2026 proxy.

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How this record is built

Every figure on this page is one figure from a public SEC filing, printed as the filing states it and cited to the document. Compensation totals are Salesforce's own disclosed totals, not summed by Velarion. Insider transactions are read from Form 4 filings and cover every line filed since the most recent proxy. Nothing is estimated by Velarion; where the company does not disclose a value the cell reads "—", and a section appears only where the company discloses the data. Corrections: records@velarion.ai.

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