Founder Profile
Aneel Bhusri
Last reviewed: October 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Who is Aneel Bhusri?
Aneel Bhusri is a founder of Workday, Inc., which was founded in 2005 with Dave Duffield.
- Company founded
- Workday, Inc.
- Founded
- 2005
- Co-founders
- Dave Duffield
Background
Bhusri studied electrical engineering and economics at Brown University and earned an MBA from Stanford. He held senior product strategy and business development roles at PeopleSoft and later became a partner at venture firm Greylock.
Founding Story
Aneel Bhusri co-founded Workday in 2005. He was co-CEO with Dave Duffield, then sole CEO from 2014, and later shared the CEO role before handing it to Carl Eschenbach in February 2024 and becoming executive chair. On February 9, 2026, Workday announced that Bhusri had returned as CEO, effective immediately, with Eschenbach stepping down. He is currently co-founder, CEO, and chair.
Aneel Bhusri was born in 1966 in Pittsford.