Benioff meets with Jeb Bush — “extremely receptive” on Indiana law

The San Francisco-based CEO who kicked off a corporate drive to protest Indiana’s controversial “religious freedom” law said Thursday that the political response to pressure from more than 100 CEOs and major employers — many from Silicon Valley — represented a “defining moment” for the country on a key political action issue. “This was a great week in moving the world forward…we see this incredible shift happening,’’ said Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff, as both Indiana Gov. Mike Pence and Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson signed amended versions of so-called religious freedom bills at the center of a national firestorm this week. Proponents said the bills were aimed to protect religious rights;