David Duffield

{ "bio": [ "David Duffield cofounded not just one, but two successful enterprise software companies after age 40: PeopleSoft and Workday.", "He resigned as chairman of Workday in April 2021; he cofounded the HR and finance software firm in 2005 and took it public in 2012.", "Duffield cofounded PeopleSoft at age 47 in 1987 and sold it to Oracle for $10.7 billion in cash in 2005.", "He founded his sixth enterprise software company, Ridgeline, in 2017, and is CEO of the cloud software firm for investment managers.", "He granted some $850 million to animal welfare, education and other causes, mostly via his family foundation and Maddie's Fund." ], "about": [ "Duffield mortgaged his home to bootstrap PeopleSoft in the 1990s.", "Duffield says he plans to leave the bulk of his fortune to Maddie's Fund--named after his beloved schnauzer--and other charitable causes, not to his 10 children." ] }