Q 01/05

Which former Oracle executive founded Salesforce in March 1999?

A) Larry Ellison

B) Halsey Minor

C) Tom Siebel

D) Marc Benioff

Answer · why

D) Marc Benioff

He co-founded it with Parker Harris, Dave Moellenhoff and Frank Dominguez, and the first prototype was running by that November.

Q 02/05

How many years did Salesforce's founder work at Oracle before starting his own company?

A) 13

B) 8

C) 10

D) 5

Answer · why

A) 13

He was named Oracle's Rookie of the Year at 23 and became the youngest vice president in its history.

Q 03/05

At which company did Salesforce's founder intern as a USC student, writing Macintosh assembly code?

A) Microsoft

B) Apple

C) Hewlett-Packard

D) Sun Microsystems

Answer · why

B) Apple

He graduated with a business administration degree in 1986 and went straight into a customer-service role at Oracle.

Q 04/05

Salesforce's early guerrilla slogan, aimed at rival Siebel, declared the end of what?

A) Servers

B) Spreadsheets

C) Software

D) Salesmen

Answer · why

C) Software

The company even hired actors to wave 'End of Software' signs outside a Siebel conference, and its logo still carries a red 'no' slash through the wor...

Q 05/05

Under what ticker symbol did Salesforce list on the New York Stock Exchange in June 2004?

A) CRM

B) CLOUD

C) SFDC

D) SLSF

Answer · why

A) CRM

The IPO raised $110 million; the ticker is the acronym for customer relationship management, the category the company dominates.