Workday, Inc.

Workday, Inc.
	Headquarters in Pleasanton, California
Company type	Public
Traded as	Nasdaq: WDAY (Class A); Nasdaq-100 component;
ISIN	US98138H1014
Industry	Cloud computing; Enterprise software;
Founded	March 2005; 19 years ago
Founders	Dave Duffield; Aneel Bhusri;
Headquarters	Pleasanton, California, U.S.
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Aneel Bhusri (executive chairman); Carl Eschenbach (CEO);
Services	Software; Cloud;
Revenue	US$7.26 billion (2024)
Operating income	US$183 million (2024)
Net income	US$1.38 billion (2024)
Total assets	US$16.5 billion (2024)
Total equity	US$8.08 billion (2024)
Number of employees	18,800 (2024)
Website	workday.com
	Footnotes / references; Financials as of January 31, 2024.

Workday, Inc., is an American on‑demand (cloud-based) financial management, human capital management, and student information system software vendor. Workday was founded by David Duffield, founder and former CEO of ERP company PeopleSoft, along with former PeopleSoft chief strategist Aneel Bhusri, following Oracle's acquisition of PeopleSoft in 2005.^[2]

In October 2012, Workday launched a successful initial public offering that valued the company at $9.5 billion.^[3] Competitors of Workday include SAP Successfactors, Dayforce, UKG, and Oracle.^[4]

In 2020, Fortune magazine ranked Workday Inc. at number five on their Fortune List of the Top 100 Companies to Work For in 2020 based on an employee satisfaction survey.^[5] San Francisco Business Times ranked Workday at number two on their Best Places to Work in the Bay in the largest companies category.^[6]

^ "US SEC: Form 10-K Workday, Inc". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. March 8, 2024. Retrieved March 9, 2024.
^ Mac, Ryan. "Billionaire David Duffield's Workday Goes Public, Doubling His Fortune". Forbes. Retrieved January 6, 2022.
^ Clark, Don (October 12, 2012). "Cloud-Computing Firm Workday's IPO Soars". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved November 4, 2014.
^ "Workday Human Capital Management Alternatives". Gartner. Retrieved May 19, 2022.
^ Jessica Snouwaert. "The 25 best companies to work for, based on employee satisfaction". Business Insider. Retrieved April 1, 2020.
^ "Best places to work". Retrieved April 24, 2020.

[10KJAN2024-1] "US SEC: Form 10-K Workday, Inc". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. March 8, 2024. Retrieved March 9, 2024.

[2] Mac, Ryan. "Billionaire David Duffield's Workday Goes Public, Doubling His Fortune". Forbes. Retrieved January 6, 2022.

[wsj-3] Clark, Don (October 12, 2012). "Cloud-Computing Firm Workday's IPO Soars". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved November 4, 2014.

[4] "Workday Human Capital Management Alternatives". Gartner. Retrieved May 19, 2022.

[5] Jessica Snouwaert. "The 25 best companies to work for, based on employee satisfaction". Business Insider. Retrieved April 1, 2020.

[6] "Best places to work". Retrieved April 24, 2020.

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