David Duffield is the co-founder and chairman of the board of Workday, a leading provider of enterprise cloud applications for finance, HR, and planning.
He founded Workday with Aneel Bhusri, who served as vice chair and head of product strategy at Duffield’s former company, PeopleSoft.
Workday provides financial management, human capital management, and analytics applications to some of the world’s largest companies, institutions and agencies. Duffield brings over 50 years of experience in the industry, with a focus on business management, the public sector and higher education software industries.
Prior to Workday, Duffield founded PeopleSoft where he served as CEO and board chairman. PeopleSoft became the second-largest ERP application software company in the world before it was acquired by Oracle in 2005.
Additionally, he founded two mainframe application software companies—Integral Systems and Information Associates. He started his career out of college at IBM, working as a marketing representative and systems engineer.
Duffield earned both his bachelor’s degree in engineering and his M.B.A. from Cornell University.
He and his family are the benefactors of Cornell’s Duffield Hall, a nanoscale science and engineering facility. They are also known for their commitment to animal welfare causes. In 1994, they established the Duffield Family Foundation, which was later renamed Maddie’s Fund in honor of a miniature schnauzer the family owned for ten years. They have endowed the fund with more than $300 million, with the goal of promoting a no-kill nation. The Duffields are estimated to have given more of their personal wealth toward animal welfare than anyone else.
Duffield has been recognized on the Forbes World’s Richest People List. He and his wife Cheryl live near Lake Tahoe.
What is David A. Duffield's net worth?
The estimated net worth of David A. Duffield is at least $72.90 million as of October 14th, 2024. Mr. Duffield owns 281,000 shares of Workday stock worth more than $72,902,640 as of November 20th. This net worth approximation does not reflect any other investments that Mr. Duffield may own. Learn More about David A. Duffield's net worth.
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Has David A. Duffield been buying or selling shares of Workday?
Within the last three months, David A. Duffield has sold $26,818,960.00 of Workday stock. Most recently, David A. Duffield sold 56,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Monday, October 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of $242.01, for a transaction totalling $13,552,560.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now directly owns 281,000 shares of the company's stock, valued at $68,004,810. Learn More on David A. Duffield's trading history.
Who are Workday's active insiders?
Workday's insider roster includes Aneel Bhusri (Co-Founder & Executive Chairman of the Board), James Bozzini (COO), Sayan Chakraborty (Insider), Christa Davies (Director), David Duffield (Director), Carl Eschenbach (CEO), Gomez Fernandez (CEO), Barbara Larson (CFO), Michael McNamara (Director), Douglas Robinson (Insider), Zane Rowe (CFO), Zane Rowe (CFO), Richard Sauer (Insider), James Shaughnessy (SVP), Robynne Sisco (CFO), Michael Stankey (Director), and George Still, Jr. (Director). Learn More on Workday's active insiders.
Are insiders buying or selling shares of Workday?
In the last twelve months, insiders at the software maker sold shares 45 times. They sold a total of 1,723,713 shares worth more than $432,957,472.54. The most recent insider tranaction occured on October, 14th when Major Shareholder David A Duffield sold 56,000 shares worth more than $13,552,560.00. Insiders at Workday own 20.0% of the company.
Learn More about insider trades at Workday. Information on this page was last updated on 10/14/2024.