Workday

Workday, Inc. is a leading provider of enterprise cloud applications, specializing in financial management, human capital management, and student information systems. Founded in 2005 by David Duffield and Aneel Bhusri, former executives of PeopleSoft, Workday serves over 10,500 organizations worldwide, including more than 60% of the Fortune 500.

Headquartered in Pleasanton, California, Workday offers a comprehensive suite of applications designed to help organizations manage critical assets—people and finances. These applications include Human Capital Management, Financial Management, Planning Applications, and Analytics and Reporting.

Core Offerings

• Human Capital Management (HCM): Enables HR teams to hire, onboard, pay, develop, reskill, and provide employee experiences.
• Financial Management: Provides tools for accounting, financial processes, real-time insights, financial consolidation, and internal controls.
• Planning Applications: Supports financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting.
• Analytics and Reporting: Offers augmented analytics to surface insights in simple-to-understand stories.

Strategic Acquisitions

Workday has expanded its capabilities through key acquisitions:

• Adaptive Insights (2018): Renamed Workday Adaptive Planning, it offers unified financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and analysis.
• Peakon (2021): Now Workday Peakon Employee Voice, it delivers a continuous listening product to drive employee engagement.

Innovation and AI Integration

Workday has embedded artificial intelligence (AI) within its platform since 2015, starting with Workday Talent Insights and Professional Services Automation. By 2023, it launched generative AI innovations for faster insights and agility. In 2024, Workday introduced Workday Illuminate™, a next-generation AI integrated at the platform's core.

As of July 3, 2025, Workday's stock (WDAY) trades at $241.67, with a market capitalization near $61.97 billion.

Locations

Workday operates globally with offices across North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. In the United States, major offices include:

• Headquarters: Pleasanton, California
• Atlanta, Georgia
• Austin, Texas
• Beaverton, Oregon
• Boston, Massachusetts
• Chicago, Illinois
• Dallas, Texas
• Denver, Colorado
• Irvine, California
• McLean, Virginia
• Minneapolis, Minnesota
• New York, New York
• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Raleigh, North Carolina
• Saint Paul, Minnesota

These locations underscore Workday’s commitment to providing comprehensive support and services to clients across diverse industries worldwide.