Founding History of Salesforce

Founded by Marc Benioff, Parker Harris, Dave Moellenhoff, and Frank Dominguez.

Purchased the salesforce.com domain name in December 1998.

Incorporated as Salesforce.com Inc. in February 1999.

Started design and development efforts in March 1999.

Launched commercially in February 2000.

Started trading on the NYSE in June 2004.

Raised $56 million in three rounds of funding.

Headquartered in San Francisco, USA.

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Year 1 of Salesforce

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Version 1 of Salesforce (Website)

APR 1999

Stats of Salesforce (Pre-IPO)

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Full Year 1 of Salesforce

Y1 of Salesforce.pdf

MAR 1999 to FEB 2000

Extras of Salesforce

1999 FEB.pdf

1999 FEB Articles of Incorporation

Form S-1.pdf

2003 DEC Form S-1