David Duffield
American businessman and former chairperson of WorkdayWikipedia
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Sep 26, 2026
Wendy KingHOST
The initiative represents one of the largest private philanthropic investments ever made in American history to expand access to nonprofit community veterinary care, and it was made by the Dave and Cheryl Duffield Foundation.
Wendy KingHOST
Success in building and delivering innovation at six enterprise software companies, including PeopleSoft, Workday, and Ridgeline, has allowed billionaire software engineer Dave Duffield to give away heaps of the proceeds to charitable causes that are close to his heart and to that of his wife, Cheryl.
Wendy KingHOST
These have included gifts totaling half a billion dollars to Cornell University's School of Engineering and more than $300 million to companion animal support and welfare organizations.
Wendy KingHOST
As founders of Maddie's Fund, the Duffields built the largest private foundation supporting companion animal organizations with a particular focus on shelters.
Jordan BermanHOST
A foundation just committed $250 million to help more Americans afford veterinary care for their pets.
Jordan BermanHOST
The Dave and Cheryl Duffield Foundation announced what it's calling its Big Bet for Pets.
Jordan BermanHOST
It's a five-year initiative aimed at expanding access to affordable veterinary care across the country.
Jordan BermanHOST
The foundation estimates that cost keeps roughly 50 million dogs and cats from getting routine, preventative, or even life-saving care.
Jordan BermanHOST
One program will hand out 250 grants of $10,000 each to nonprofit veterinary care providers around the country.
Jordan BermanHOST
And another program will make $10 million available to established nonprofit clinics that want to expand, maybe by opening another location, adding a mobile clinic, hiring more staff, things like that.
Jordan BermanHOST
Cheryl and Dave Duffield also founded Maddie's Fund, which has become one of the largest private foundations supporting companion animal organizations, particularly shelters.
Jordan BermanHOST
Their foundation says this latest effort is specifically focused on filling the gap between families who love their pets and the veterinary care they simply can't afford.
Peter GassnerGUEST
I'm a software engineer by training.
Peter GassnerGUEST
I worked at PeopleSoft under Dave Duffield for alm-almost ten years, and then I went to salesforce.com at the start of cloud software when it was, you know, very small company, you know, under two hundred people, and I worked with Marc Benioff and others.
Peter GassnerGUEST
So I, I felt like I had done my training.
Peter GassnerGUEST
I, I'd watched a lot of people do things and do things differently.
Bob YarbroughHOST
A software billionaire and his wife making one heck of a donation that's going to help thousands of people and their pets.
Bob YarbroughHOST
The Dave and Cheryl Duffield Foundation announced the gift of $250 million over five years called Big Bet for Pets, one of the largest private donations ever aimed at expanding nonprofit community vet clinics.
Bob YarbroughHOST
Foundation says the cost keeps about 50 million dogs and cats from getting routine checkups or emergency treatment.
Bob YarbroughHOST
It's not cheap going to the vet, folks.
Bob YarbroughHOST
You got to get the care it needs sometimes.
Bob YarbroughHOST
And the idea is to treat many more pets whose owners simply cannot afford the care.
Bob YarbroughHOST
By the way, Dave Duffield built companies including PeopleSoft.
Bob YarbroughHOST
And we'll all recognize this here in the building.
Ryan LeachHOST
atlas changes that so another scribe has hit the market as one has continued to grow in the market but has been acquired by the big big dogs in the game here so more to see and more to come on what's the future for ai scribing and ai assistance across vetmed Someone that's really taking the mantle here, though, for growth and care in vet med is the Duffield Foundation.
Ryan LeachHOST
The Dave and Cheryl Duffield Foundation announced the Duffield Big Bet for Pets, which is a $250 million grant over the next five years for nonprofit community veterinary care.
Ryan LeachHOST
Dave Duffield was the founder of PeopleSoft and Workday, and it's the same foundation behind Maddie's Fund, which is the largest private foundation for companion animals.
Ryan LeachHOST
Overall, the Duffield Big Bet for Pets is targeting about 50 million dogs and cats without adequate veterinary care, mostly for financial reasons.
Ryan LeachHOST
The two grants are live right now.
Sterling PerkinsGUEST
The second reason that firms are choosing Ridgeline is the talent is just different.
Sterling PerkinsGUEST
I think when we look at our unique ownership structure in Dave Duffield that starts at the top, he founded PeopleSoft and Workday.
Sterling PerkinsGUEST
He's a culture king.
Sterling PerkinsGUEST
And a lot of our customers are telling us that maybe there were things that the product needed to continue to advance, but they believed in the people that were doing it, the effect of bringing in great talent, everyone being mission-driven and egoless and continuing to hire the right people.
David FaberHOST
But Alternative sources of capital, the possibility that certain investors would roll in.
David FaberHOST
Remember, you've got a somewhat concentrated investor group there, both sort of the public investors, but also the founders, David Duffield and Neil Boosery, who's back running the company.
David FaberHOST
And so I am hearing a bit more optimism around the possibility that this thing is still happening.
David FaberHOST
Might happen.
Steve YoungGUEST
You wouldn't think that sports would do that, but, When you have angels in your life that are in human form, and Jesse, you've had them, I've had them, it feels like they keep coming to me.
Steve YoungGUEST
You know, like in business with Dave Duffield and Neil Boosery, there's just people that I feel like there's just so many.
Steve YoungGUEST
I have so many, and I'm just so grateful.
Steve YoungGUEST
I mean, the greatest thing that ever happened in my life is the number of humans that have been there at a key moment to teach me.