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ERP software company Workday announced Monday that CEO Carl Eschenbach will step down and leave the company’s board of directors, effective immediately. Workday co-founder and former CEO Aneel Bhusri will return as CEO.
Eschenbach joined Workday in December 2022 as co-CEO alongside Bhusri and has been serving as the company’s sole CEO since February 2024. Bhusri, who has led the company since 2009 — sometimes as co-CEO, sometimes as sole CEO — has been CEO of the company since 2024.
Workday confirmed to TechCrunch that Busseri will return to his position permanently, rather than take the helm while a replacement is searched.
Workday says it made this change in leadership to focus on the next chapter, which, not surprisingly, is artificial intelligence.
“We are now entering one of the most pivotal moments in our history,” Busseri said in a company press release on Monday. “AI is an even bigger transformation than SaaS – and will define the next generation of market leaders. I’m excited to return as CEO, working alongside our Presidents Gerrit Kazmaier and Rob Enslin, and I’m excited about the opportunity ahead of us.”
Last February, Workday laid off 8.5% of its headcount, or 1,750 people, with Eschenbach stating at the time that the company needed a new approach to working in the age of artificial intelligence.
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