WASHINGTON and PARIS, April 24,
2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), the global
leader in CRM, today announced plans to invest $2.2 billion in its French business over the next
five years.
The company made the announcement to French President
Emmanuel Macron ahead of an event in
his honor during his first state visit to the United States. Salesforce President &
Chief Financial Officer Mark Hawkins
will attend the event at the U.S. State Department, hosted by Vice
President Mike Pence and Second Lady
Karen Pence.
Salesforce is experiencing rapid growth in France and plans to significantly increase its
headcount, real estate footprint and data center capacity in the
country to support its growing customer base.
"France is home to some of the
world's most respected and innovative brands, and a growing number
are turning to Salesforce to power their digital transformations,"
said Marc Benioff, Chairman and CEO,
Salesforce. "We see tremendous opportunity in France and with this investment, Salesforce
will continue to drive outstanding growth, innovation and customer
success in the country."
Salesforce: #1 CRM, #1 Best Place to Work in France
Salesforce is the #1 CRM provider in France and is also the fastest growing among
the three largest enterprise software vendors in the region
according to Gartner Inc.'s April
2017 Market Share All Software Markets, Worldwide, 2016
market share report, based on 2016 total software revenue.
Leading French companies including AccorHotels, AXA,
Michelin and PSA, as well as many small and mid-sized businesses
including Good Goût, Leetchi and Petzl, use Salesforce to
connect with their customers in a whole new way across sales,
service, marketing, commerce and more.
In March, Salesforce was named the #1 Best Place to Work in
France1,
highlighting the company's focus on its employees, values and
culture.
Salesforce Ecosystem Fueling French Economic Growth
Salesforce and its ecosystem of customers and partners in
France will create more
than 37,100 direct jobs and 100,000 indirect jobs by 2022, and
$24.34 million in new business
revenue according to research by
IDC.2
Additionally, French Trailblazers have earned more than
162,000 badges on Trailhead — Salesforce's free, gamified
online learning platform — acquiring the skills needed to succeed
in today's technology-driven economy and be a part of Salesforce's
flourishing ecosystem.
Salesforce is investing in innovation in France through Salesforce Ventures'
$100 million EMEA Fund. Salesforce
Ventures has invested in innovative French companies including
Augment, Devenson, FollowAnalytics, OpenDataSoft and Sigfox. Since
2008, Salesforce has acquired French companies InStranet,
EntropySoft, and Kerensen Consulting. The company has also
established research and development centres in
Paris and Grenoble.
Salesforce's Commitment to Giving Back in France
Salesforce.org leverages Salesforce's technology, people and
resources to give back to communities around the world. As part of
the announcement, Salesforce employees in France are committing to volunteer 20,000
hours in their local communities in 2018.
Local employees volunteered more than 16,000 hours in 2017
with local nonprofits including ParisCode, an ongoing
initiative of the city of Paris
aimed at training 1,000 developers by 2020, and Lightforce, an
initiative of the French Salesforce employees aimed to ensure
access to electric lighting to a community in Kenya.
Salesforce.org has also donated nearly $400,000 in strategic grants to the local
community in France and more than
175 French nonprofits — including Cultural Action for
Alzheimer's and Handicap International — use Salesforce for
free or at a discounted rate.
Additional Information
- Join Salesforce, alongside thousands of customer Trailblazers,
at World Tour Paris on June
6: https://www.salesforce.com/fr/events/paris/
- Like Salesforce on Facebook:
http://facebook.com/salesforce
- Follow @salesforce on Twitter:
http://twitter.com/salesforce
- Read the Salesforce blog: http://blogs.salesforce.com/
About Salesforce
Salesforce, the global CRM leader, empowers companies to connect
with their customers in a whole new way. For more information about
Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), visit: www.salesforce.com.
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1 Source: Great Place to Work, Best
Workplaces France 2018
2 Source: IDC White Paper sponsored by
Salesforce, "The Salesforce Economy Forecast: 3.3 Million New Jobs
and $859 Billion New Business
Revenues to Be Created from 2016 to 2022," IDC #US43158917,
October 2017.
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