{"id":"david-duffield","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/david-duffield","language":"en","name":"David Duffield","name_en":"David Duffield","name_ne":null,"description":"American engineer and entrepreneur","headline":"American engineer and entrepreneur","also_known_as":[],"summary":"David Arthur Duffield (born 21 September 1940) is an American billionaire businessman in the software industry. He is the co-founder and former chairman of PeopleSoft, and co-founder and CEO emeritus of Workday, Inc.. In addition, he is founder and Chairman of Ridgeline, Inc.","summary_more":["Duffield has donated more than $500 million to his alma mater Cornell University, including a series of donations in the 2020s totaling over $400 million. As a result, the university renamed its College of Engineering after him. He has also given $303 million to companion animal welfare causes and organizations, over $100 million to expand other educational institutions close to him and his family, $13 million to local first responders and community organizations, and $2.1 million to veterans affairs. His philanthropic interests are managed by the Dave & Cheryl Duffield Foundation. One of their main projects is the planned Liberty Dogs, a 27-acre service dog training campus in Reno, Nevada, that will match and train disabled military veterans and canine companions. As of 2026, Duffield's net worth is $10.1B."],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"1941","date":"1941"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5233095#P569"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"United States","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5233095#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"business executive","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2961975"},{"text":"engineer","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q81096"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5233095#P106"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"Cornell University College of Engineering","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5171564"},{"text":"Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1049535"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5233095#P69"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"chief executive officer (2005–2009)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q484876","start":"2005","end":"2009"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5233095#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Duffield","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5233095"],"faq":[{"q":"When was David Duffield born?","a":"David Duffield was born on 1941."},{"q":"What positions has David Duffield held?","a":"Positions held by David Duffield include: chief executive officer (2005–2009)."},{"q":"Where did David Duffield study?","a":"David Duffield was educated at Cornell University College of Engineering, Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management."}],"related":[{"name":"Donald Trump","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/donald-trump"},{"name":"Naftali Bennett","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/naftali-bennett"},{"name":"Gwyneth Paltrow","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/gwyneth-paltrow"},{"name":"Batman","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/batman"},{"name":"Donald Rumsfeld","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/donald-rumsfeld"},{"name":"Tim Cook","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/tim-cook"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/david-duffield-7ef7d19fb1.jpg","width":500,"height":668,"license":"Public domain","credit":"Him121 at English Wikipedia","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dave_Duffield_addressing_Peoplesoft,_2005.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): David Duffield","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Duffield","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q5233095","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5233095","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Dave Duffield addressing Peoplesoft, 2005.jpg by Him121 at English Wikipedia (Public domain)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dave_Duffield_addressing_Peoplesoft,_2005.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article David Duffield, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Dave Duffield addressing Peoplesoft, 2005.jpg — Him121 at English Wikipedia, Public domain.","cite":"\"David Duffield\". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/david-duffield. Retrieved 14 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-31T11:28:20Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-13","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/david-duffield","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/david-duffield","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/david-duffield?lang=ne"}}