brandon_butler
Senior Editor

You’ve got to see Marc Benioff’s shoes

Opinion
Nov 19, 20131 min

What do you think they would have on them?

Marc Benioff is never afraid to make bold statements in speeches, business or, apparently fashion.

The king of SaaS and founder of Salesforce.com took the stage at the company’s annual Dreamforce conference this morning donning pretty much regular business attire – a business suit with no tie and a jacket. And these shoes:

Yes, those are clouds on his shoes. What else would Benioff wear on his feet? Benioff tweeted the photo of his shoes after his keynote Tuesday morning. In the tweet he thanked boutique shoe shop Christian Louboutin. Here’s a photo of Benioff wearing them during the keynote. 

 

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This isn’t the first time Benioff has caused a stir with his shoes. Last year he rocked a pair of $1,295 sneakers, according to Business Insider. As BI noted, now even you can fill Benioff’s shoes.

Senior Writer Brandon Butler covers cloud computing for Network World and NetworkWorld.com. He can be reached at BButler@nww.com and found on Twitter at @BButlerNWW.

brandon_butler

Senior Editor Brandon Butler covers the cloud computing industry for Network World by focusing on the advancements of major players in the industry, tracking end user deployments and keeping tabs on the hottest new startups. He contributes to NetworkWorld.com and is the author of the Cloud Chronicles blog. Before starting at Network World in January 2012, he worked for a daily newspaper in Massachusetts and the Worcester Business Journal, where he was a senior reporter and editor of MetroWest 495 Biz. Email him at bbutler@nww.com and follow him on Twitter @BButlerNWW.

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