‘Godfather of Silicon Valley’ Torches Billionaire CEO’s Trump Support in Scathing Resignation

A venture capitalist has quit the board of his company’s philanthropic arm, blasting the CEO for backing Donald Trump and urging National Guard troops to be sent to San Francisco. Democrat donor Ron Conway, a man dubbed the ‘Godfather of Silicon Valley,’ left the Salesforce Foundation after a decade, reportedly shocked at the support for Trump from company CEO Marc Benioff. He told billionaire Benioff, regarded as a rare progressive at the top of tech giants, their “values were no longer aligned