13 Facts About Dave Duffield

David Arthur Dave Duffield was born on 21 September 1940 and is an American billionaire businessman in the software industry.

Dave Duffield is the co-founder and former chairman of PeopleSoft, the co-founder and Chairman Emeritus at Workday, Inc, and has been on the Forbes World's Richest People list.

David Dave Duffield cofounded two successful enterprise software companies after age 40: PeopleSoft and Workday.

Dave Duffield has given $345 million to Maddie's Fund and has doled out another $400 million to, among others, his alma mater Cornell, as of June 2019.

Dave Duffield graduated with the class of 1958 and was co-captain of the Ridgewood High School baseball team.

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Dave Duffield received a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and an MBA from Cornell University, and is the benefactor behind Dave Duffield Hall, a nanoscale science and engineering facility at Cornell.

Dave Duffield was CEO, chairman, and chief product architect at Integral Systems, the first company to offer DB2-based human resource and accounting systems.

Dave Duffield co-founded Information Associates, which specialized in applications for the higher education market.

Dave Duffield left IBM to found Information Associates, which developed university exam scheduling software.

Dave Duffield founded PeopleSoft in 1987 and served as the company's CEO and board chairman.

Dave Duffield relinquished the co-CEO role in May 2014, and became chairman of the board.

Dave Duffield resigned as chairman in April 2021 and was appointed chairman emeritus by Workday's board.

Dave Duffield is known for his philanthropic activities on behalf of animals, education.