Latest News About Who Owns Workday

Workday is a publicly traded company, so it is not owned by a single person. Based on the latest information available here, its founders Aneel Bhusri and Dave Duffield retain major voting control through a dual-class share structure, and Bhusri returned as CEO in February 2026.[1][2]

What “owns” Workday

• Public investors hold the company’s Class A shares, which have one vote each.[1]
• The founders’ Class B shares carry 10 votes per share, giving them outsized control over major decisions.[1]
• A recent discussion source said the founders together hold about 67% of the voting power, which would make any sale or takeover difficult without their approval.[1]

Latest news angle

• The biggest recent headline is that Aneel Bhusri returned as Workday’s CEO in February 2026, replacing Carl Eschenbach.[2]
• There has also been renewed acquisition chatter, but the voting structure makes a takeover harder than it would be for a typical public company.[1]
• Workday’s own newsroom also highlighted Bhusri’s return as part of a “re-founding” effort for the AI era.[5]

Plain-English answer

If you mean “who controls Workday,” the founders still appear to have the strongest control because of the dual-class structure. If you mean “who legally owns it,” it is owned by public shareholders, not one private owner.[9][1]