Workday Management

Management criteria checks 2/4

Workday's CEO is Carl Eschenbach, appointed in Feb 2024, has a tenure of 1.17 years. total yearly compensation is $26.17M, comprised of 3.8% salary and 96.2% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.079% of the company’s shares, worth $50.91M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 1.8 years and 3.7 years respectively.

Key information

Carl Eschenbach

Chief executive officer

US$26.2m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage3.8%
CEO tenure1.2yrs
CEO ownership0.08%
Management average tenure1.8yrs
Board average tenure3.7yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Carl Eschenbach's remuneration changed compared to Workday's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
Jan 31 2025US$26mUS$1m

US$526m

Oct 31 2024n/an/a

US$2b

Jul 31 2024n/an/a

US$2b

Apr 30 2024n/an/a

US$1b

Jan 31 2024n/an/a

US$1b

Oct 31 2023n/an/a

US$67m

Jul 31 2023n/an/a

-US$122m

Apr 30 2023n/an/a

-US$265m

Jan 31 2023US$104mUS$119k

-US$367m

Oct 31 2022n/an/a

-US$314m

Jul 31 2022n/an/a

-US$196m

Apr 30 2022n/an/a

-US$26m

Jan 31 2022US$363kn/a

US$29m

Oct 31 2021n/an/a

US$31m

Jul 31 2021n/an/a

-US$37m

Apr 30 2021n/an/a

-US$171m

Jan 31 2021US$374kn/a

-US$282m

Oct 31 2020n/an/a

-US$339m

Jul 31 2020n/an/a

-US$430m

Apr 30 2020n/an/a

-US$523m

Jan 31 2020US$362kn/a

-US$481m

Oct 31 2019n/an/a

-US$457m

Jul 31 2019n/an/a

-US$495m

Apr 30 2019n/an/a

-US$460m

Jan 31 2019US$325kn/a

-US$418m

Compensation vs Market: Carl's total compensation ($USD26.17M) is above average for companies of similar size in the UK market ($USD6.71M).

Compensation vs Earnings: Carl's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.


CEO

Carl Eschenbach (57 yo)

1.2yrs

Tenure

US$26,173,192

Compensation

Mr. Carl M. Eschenbach serves as Chief Executive Officer of Workday, Inc. since February 1, 2024 and serves as its Director and served as its Co-Chief Executive Officer from December 21, 2022 to February 1...


Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Aneel Bhusri
Co-Founder & Executive Chairman of the Board20.3yrsUS$18.10m3.19%
$ 2.0b
Carl Eschenbach
CEO & Director1.2yrsUS$26.17m0.079%
$ 50.9m
Robert Enslin
President & Chief Commercial Officerless than a yearUS$36.48mno data
Zane Rowe
Chief Financial Officer1.8yrsUS$13.46m0.023%
$ 14.7m
Douglas Robinson
Advisorless than a yearUS$29.87m0.025%
$ 16.0m
David Duffield
Co-Founder & CEO Emeritus20.1yrsUS$314.16k15.85%
$ 10.2b
Mark Garfield
Chief Accounting Officerless than a yearno data0.00036%
$ 230.7k
Jim Stratton
Chief Technology Officer5yrsno datano data
Rani Johnson
Chief Information Officer2.1yrsno datano data
Justin Furby
Vice President of Investor Relationsno datano datano data
Richard Sauer
Chief Legal Officer5.6yrsUS$8.73m0.0067%
$ 4.3m
Emma Chalwin
Chief Marketing Officer1.8yrsno datano data

1.8yrs

Average Tenure

53yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: 0M18's management team is not considered experienced ( 1.8 years average tenure), which suggests a new team.


Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Aneel Bhusri
Co-Founder & Executive Chairman of the Board20.3yrsUS$18.10m3.19%
$ 2.0b
Carl Eschenbach
CEO & Director7.2yrsUS$26.17m0.079%
$ 50.9m
Chih-Yuan Yang
Independent Director11.4yrsUS$369.69k0.035%
$ 22.6m
Thomas Bogan
Independent Director3.2yrsUS$322.96k0.016%
$ 10.2m
Michael McNamara
Independent Director13.3yrsUS$381.53k0.010%
$ 6.5m
George Still
Independent Director15.5yrsUS$439.89k0.087%
$ 55.5m
Lynne Doughtie
Independent Director4.2yrsUS$358.06k0.0023%
$ 1.5m
Mark Hawkins
Vice Chair & Lead Independent Director2.2yrsUS$369.69k0.00043%
$ 275.5k
Michael Speiser
Independent Directorless than a yearUS$1.12mno data
Rhonda Morris
Independent Directorless than a yearno datano data
Wayne Frederick
Independent Director2.8yrsUS$322.96k0.0011%
$ 717.6k
Elizabeth Centoni
Independent Directorless than a yearUS$751.85kno data

3.7yrs

Average Tenure

59.5yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: 0M18's board of directors are considered experienced (3.7 years average tenure).


Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/04/27 05:29
End of Day Share Price 2025/04/25 00:00
Earnings2025/01/31
Annual Earnings2025/01/31

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Market Prices30 years
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Ownership10 years
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Management10 years
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  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
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Analyst Sources

Workday, Inc. is covered by 70 analysts. 37 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Adam ShepherdArete Research Services LLP
Dimitri KallianiotisAtlantic Equities LLP
Mark MarconBaird