Alan Hassenfeld - Salesforce Independent Director

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Director

Mr. Alan Geoffrey Hassenfeld is an Independent Director of Salesforce.com Inc. Mr. Alan Hassenfeld has served as a Director since December 2003. Mr. Hassenfeld was a Director of Hasbro, Inc., a provider of childrens and family entertainment products, since 1978. He served as its Chairman from 1989 to 2008, and also served as its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer from 1989 to 2003. Mr. Hassenfeld is a trustee of the Hasbro Charitable Trust and Hasbro Childrens Foundation. During the past five years, Mr. Hassenfeld also served as a director of Global Cornerstone Holdings Limited. He also serves as a director of Salesforce.org, a nonprofit public benefit corporation. Mr. Hassenfeld received a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania since 2003.
Age 70
Tenure 21 years
Phone415 901 7000
Webhttps://www.salesforce.com
Hassenfeld has an extensive and broad background in business management, including his experience as a chief executive officer of a publicly traded company. This deep business knowledge, combined with the leadership roles he plays within many philanthropic organizations, supports our conclusion that Mr. Hassenfeld has the necessary and desired skills, experience and perspective to serve on our Board.

Salesforce Management Efficiency

Salesforce's management efficiency ratios could be used to measure how well Salesforce manages its routine affairs as well as how well it operates its assets and liabilities.
Salesforce has accumulated 10.59 B in total debt with debt to equity ratio (D/E) of 0.15, which may suggest the company is not taking enough advantage from borrowing. Salesforce has a current ratio of 1.3, suggesting that it is not liquid enough and may have problems paying out its financial obligations in time and when they become due. Debt can assist Salesforce until it has trouble settling it off, either with new capital or with free cash flow. So, Salesforce's shareholders could walk away with nothing if the company can't fulfill its legal obligations to repay debt. However, a more frequent occurrence is when companies like Salesforce sell additional shares at bargain prices, diluting existing shareholders. Debt, in this case, can be an excellent and much better tool for Salesforce to invest in growth at high rates of return. When we think about Salesforce's use of debt, we should always consider it together with cash and equity.

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salesforce.com, inc. develops enterprise cloud computing solutions with a focus on customer relationship management worldwide. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. SALESFORCE COM operates under SoftwareApplication classification in Germany and is traded on Frankfurt Stock Exchange. It employs 59895 people. Salesforce (FOO) is traded on Frankfurt Exchange in Germany and employs 73,541 people.

Management Performance

Salesforce Leadership Team

Elected by the shareholders, the Salesforce's board of directors comprises two types of representatives: Salesforce inside directors who are chosen from within the company, and outside directors, selected externally and held independent of Salesforce. The board's role is to monitor Salesforce's management team and ensure that shareholders' interests are well served. Salesforce's inside directors are responsible for reviewing and approving budgets prepared by upper management to implement core corporate initiatives and projects. On the other hand, Salesforce's outside directors are responsible for providing unbiased perspectives on the board's policies.
Sarah Franklin, Pres Officer
Gavin Patterson, President Chief Revenue Officer
Bret Taylor, President and Chief Product Officer
Neelie Kroes, Independent Director
John Roos, Independent Director
Joseph Allanson, Chief Accounting Officer, Corporate Controller
Robin Washington, Independent Director
Marc Benioff, Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer
Parker Harris, Co-Founder, Chief Technology Officer, Director
Srinivas Tallapragada, President Technology
Susan Wojcicki, Independent Director
Cynthia Robbins, Executive Vice President - Global Employee Success
Amy Weaver, President, Legal & Corporate Affairs and General Counsel
Brent Hyder, Pres Officer
Alexandre Dayon, President and Chief Strategy Officer
Alan Hassenfeld, Independent Director
Maynard Webb, Independent Director
David Schmaier, Pres Officer
Bernard Tyson, Independent Director
Craig Conway, Independent Director
Colin Powell, Independent Director
Brian Millham, Pres COO
Mark Hawkins, President, Chief Financial Officer and Principal Financial Officer
Sanford Robertson, Lead Independent Director

Salesforce Stock Performance Indicators

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