Workday, Inc.

Workday, Inc.
Company typePublic
ISINUS98138H1014
Industry
FoundedMarch 2005 (2005-03)
Founders
HeadquartersPleasanton, California, U.S.
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
  • Aneel Bhusri (executive chairman)
  • Carl Eschenbach (CEO)
Services
Revenue US$7.26 billion (2024)
US$183 million (2024)
US$1.38 billion (2024)
Total assets US$16.5 billion (2024)
Total equity US$8.08 billion (2024)
Number of employees
23,800 (2025)
Websiteworkday.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.

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

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.