1. David Duffield is the co-founder and former chairman of PeopleSoft, and co-founder and CEO emeritus of Workday, Inc.
17 Facts About David Duffield
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David Duffield was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and raised in Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey.
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David Duffield's mother, Mary Duffield, was an elementary school teacher, and his father, Al Duffield, who was an engineer without a college degree.
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In 1958, David Duffield graduated from Ridgewood High School in nearby Ridgewood, New Jersey, where he was co-captain of the baseball team.
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David Duffield attended Cornell University, where he played in a band and was a pitcher on the baseball team.
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David Duffield received a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and an MBA from Cornell University.
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David Duffield is the benefactor behind Cornell's Duffield Hall, a nanoscale science and engineering facility at Cornell.
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In 1964, David Duffield began his career as a marketing representative and systems engineer at IBM.
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David Duffield left IBM to found Information Associates, which developed university exam scheduling software.
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David Duffield founded PeopleSoft in 1987 and was the CEO and chairman.
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David Duffield is headquartered in Pleasanton, California, and employs more than 17,500 people today.
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David Duffield was known as the company's chief customer and employee advocate.
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David Duffield relinquished the co-CEO role in May 2014 and became chairman of the board.
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David Duffield resigned as chairman in April 2021 and was appointed chairman emeritus and ultimately CEO emeritus by Workday's board.
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David Duffield founded his sixth and current company, Ridgeline, in 2017.
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David Duffield founded and donated $25 million to the Lake Tahoe School.
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Together with his spouse, David Duffield contributed $1.2million to Donald Trump's 2020 presidential campaign.