Workday, Inc.
Enterprise Cloud Applications
Est. 2005Workday, Inc. was founded in 2005 by David A. Duffield and Aneel Bhusri in Pleasanton, California following the Oracle acquisition of PeopleSoft. The company built a cloud-native enterprise software platform focused on human capital management and financial management systems used by large organizations. By 2024, Workday generated approximately 7.2 billion dollars in annual revenue while serving thousands of enterprise clients globally. The platform integrates HR, finance, and analytics into a single data architecture, enabling real-time decision-making. Workday is known for its subscription-based SaaS model that replaced traditional on-premise ERP systems with continuous updates and scalability. Its reputation is built on usability, enterprise reliability, and a unified cloud architecture that differentiates it from legacy competitors.