Salesforce projects reaching $60 billion in annual revenue by fiscal 2030
Marc Benioff · Marc Benioff on AI Agents' Biggest Problem · Oct 17, 2025 · at 14:35
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff discusses the company's enterprise pricing strategy and long-term financial guidance.
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“This year we're going to do about 43.1 billion in revenue, and we just gave guidance yesterday that we expect to be able to do sixty billion dollars by Fiscal year, 30.”
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