Lynne Benioff, 43, was a publicist during the dot-com boom. She serves on the board of several organizations and was a co-founder in 2011 of a short-term residential community for homeless families in San Francisco. The hands-off policy might not last, given the deep gloom over physical magazines. “If that’s going to require him to be involved, he’ll do it.” “Marc Benioff is a guy who wants whatever he touches to succeed,” said Phil Bronstein, a longtime Bay Area newsman.
Benioff is deeply embedded in the Bay Area.
