Aneel Bhusri: Workday's Reluctant and Remarkable CEO

Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans · Feb 16, 2026 · 6m

In today's Cloud Wars Minute, I analyze the leadership shift at Workday and what it means in the age of agentic AI.

Highlights

00:00 — I want to talk about a change at the top of Workday. And I want to point out somebody who's been a real superstar in this business and that's Workday co-founder, former co-CEO, former CEO, chairman, executive chairman, resigned as CEO, now back in as CEO, Aneel Bhusri.

01:13 — He was going to be the person that ran all the business, the operations. And Aneel said, "I can go back to what I truly love," which is developing products and strategy. Carl Eschenbach…