Workday

Workday provides cloud-based enterprise software for human capital management and financial management. The company was founded in 2005 by Dave Duffield and Aneel Bhusri, both former executives at PeopleSoft, and is headquartered in Pleasanton, California.

Workday's primary products include Human Capital Management (HCM) software for HR functions, Financial Management software for accounting and finance operations, and Workday Adaptive Planning for business planning. The company serves over 10,000 organizations globally, including Fortune 500 companies such as Netflix, Spotify, and Bank of America. Workday competes with Oracle, SAP, and other enterprise software providers in the cloud ERP market.

Workday went public in October 2012, raising $684 million in its initial public offering. The company has completed several acquisitions, including Adaptive Insights for $1.55 billion in 2018 and VNDLY for $510 million in 2020. As of 2024, Workday employs approximately 18,000 people and generates annual revenue of over $7 billion.