Billionaire Marc Benioff apologizes for saying troops should be deployed to San Francisco

<p>Salesforce CEO faced intensifying backlash after saying national guard will make California city safer</p><p>Marc Benioff, the billionaire CEO of Salesforce and owner of Time magazine, apologized on Friday for saying he <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/15/san-francisco-trump-national-guard-troops">supported</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump">Donald Trump</a> sending national guard troops to San Francisco.</p><p>Benioff, who has been facing intensifying backlash in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/california">California</a>, said in a <a href="https://x.com/Benioff/status/1979276817396830411">post</a> that after he “listened closely to my fellow San Franciscans and our local officials … I do not believe the National Guard is needed to address safety in San Francisco”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/17/marc-benioff-apologizes-san-francisco-national-guard">Continue reading...</a>