Billionaire Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff has deep-rooted connections to Hawaii, and he’s been suspiciously quiet about them for the most part. He has long maintained a beachside mansion in Waimea, and recently got caught buying up swaths of land in Hawaii, which was all revealed in an NPR exposé.
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00:00 Mark Benioff was recently outed in an NPR expose for purchasing 600 acres of land in Hawaii.
00:06 The land is worth around $100 million and had people scratching their heads why he bought that much.
00:11 In a press release, Benioff announced what exactly that land is for.
00:15 282 acres will be used for affordable housing on the island of Hawaii
00:19 and another 158 acres owned by a separate non-profit entity for charitable use.
00:24 Benioff is also donating a $150 million gift to three hospitals on the island.
00:30 $50 million will go to the Hilo Medical Center to build out a family birthing center,
00:34 intensive care unit, neurosurgical program, and behavioral health services.
00:39 The remaining $100 million will go to Hawaii Pacific Health to create a healthcare campus
00:44 at the Honolulu Bay Straub Medical Center.
00:47 To date, the Benioffs have donated almost 75% of the total land they've purchased in Hawaii
00:52 over the last 25 years and over 90% of the land they've purchased since 2020.