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Laurene Powell Jobs wrote in The Wall Street Journal criticizing Benioff for acting like his philanthropy to the city gave him a say in policy.

That’s the quiet corruption corroding modern philanthropy: the ability to give as a license to impose one’s will.

He would come to the race with a wide range of experiences — finance, philanthropy, local government and even the struggling journalism industry.

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He also is immersed in philanthropy, having founded the nonprofit Vision to Learn, which provides vision screenings, eye exams and glasses to children in low-income communities.

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I thought originally, business was about making money, philanthropy was about doing good, and that’s how I was going to save the world.

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