the university of southern california honored marc benioff at their commencement ceremony.usc graduate. he talked about working with early cloud computing technology by creating new models for charitable giving and life lessons taught to him by a spiritual guru in india. this is 20 minutes. >> thank you. good morning, trojans. you for having me here. it is great to be with you

next we will hear from marc benioff at the university of southern california. he is a graduate of usc. work on early his cloud computing technology and some of the life lessons he learned from a spiritual guru in india. his remarks are about 20 minutes. [applause] >> thank you. good morning, trojans. thank you for having me here. it is great to be with you today. what a gorgeous day this is. thank you for addressing me as the world's largest commencement anglin. that is fantastic to be here. congratulations to this great class of 2014. congratulations to all of you. i really do not remember my graduation. congratulations to a. i really do not remember my graduation. i kind of remember sitting out been aut it might have late night at the 9-0. late nightve been a at my fraternity house. it probably was. him i have been many things but i do not remember my graduation. april asked me, have this great opportunity to speak all over the world. i get to talk to folks about technology. i will tell you there is asked me because i tell them i went to usc create how did yo

let's check in with marc benioff, charge and ceo of salesforce.com to hear more about the quarter andre his company is headed. welcome back to "mad money." >> jim, thanks for having me back. >> marc, we're all searching these days for a how to measure high growth companies. what are the metrics that give you the most true picture because sometimes earnings per share don't lead to the right conclusions. i have felt that the best and most transparent one for you is operating cash flow. because that's how much you make. and i was thinking that you could do between 335 and $349 million, up about 23, 24, a combination of what oppenheimer said, wells fargo and bemow and you came in at $473 million. so something -- must have been very big mega contracts to be up 67% year over year. >> well, jim, you know that i measure success by our customer success. that's always the most important thing to me. we have talked about that. that's what i focus on each and every day. that said you're right. this was a great quarter and you can see it in the operating cash flow with these incredible numbers tha

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benioff,ear from marc susan would just be, and mike rowling's. >> for over 35 years, c-span brings public affairs events from washington directly to you putting in the room a correctional hearings, white house events, and briefings. offering complete gavel-to-gavel coverage of the u.s. house all as a public service of private industry. we are created by the tape -- cable tv industry 35 years ago and brought to you as a public service by your local provider. watch us in hd, follow us on twitter. >> the university of southern california honored is this man marc benioff at their commencement ceremony on may 16. the ceo is also a ratchet. he talked about working with early cloud computing technology by creating new models for charitable giving and life lessons taught to him by a spiritual guru in india. this is 20 minutes. >> thank you. good morning, trojans. thank you for having me here. it is great to be with you today. what a gorgeous day this is. thank you for addressing me as the world's largest commencement penguin. that is fantastic to be here. congratulations to this great class of 20