When Peoplesoft's founder, David Duffield, swooped in to rally the troops (customers and employees) that fall, results did improve.

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Champagne is popping and congratulations and high-fives are being directed at Workday ( WDAY) and co-founders David Duffield and Aneel Bhusri.

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David Duffield , the retired founder of software maker PeopleSoft, and his wife bought a miniature schnauzer from a breeder in 1986.

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