Marc Benioff was pushing for Salesforce to buy Twitter — until an accident changed his mind
October 15, 2019 at 08:25 AM EDT
Against much advice, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff was pushing ahead with a deal to buy Twitter in 2016. Then he slipped on a curb and sliced his knee open on his way to a funding meeting, and thought it might be time to reconsider.