Toby Williams vs Aneel Bhursi

Toby Williams

CEO of Paylocity

BIO: When I came to Paylocity in 2017, I was excited to join an incredible team and culture, and to make an impact for our business, our clients, and our employees. Today, I serve as President and CEO and partner with the rest of Paylocity leadership to guide our teams as we #EarnItEveryDay! And I remain as passionate as ever about continuing to develop our culture while helping drive our growth. I've held multiple software company leadership roles throughout my career in operations, product, strategy, and finance - after starting out as a corporate lawyer and investment banker. I earned a Bachelor or Arts from Houghton College and my Master of Business Administration and Juris Doctor from The Ohio State University (Go, Bucks!).

Aneel Bhursi

CEO of Workday

BIO: Aneel co-founded Workday with Dave Duffield in 2005 with a simple idea: build enterprise software that puts people at the center. Over the past two decades, he has helped guide the company from startup to one of the world’s leading enterprise AI platforms for managing people, money and agents. Throughout Workday’s journey, Aneel has served in a range of leadership roles, including co-CEO from 2009 to 2014 with co-founder Dave Duffield, CEO from 2014 to 2020, co-CEO from 2020 to 2024, and executive chair from 2024 to 2026. He has been a member of its board of directors since its founding. For over 25 years, Aneel has been a product visionary and leader in enterprise software. Before Workday, he held several leadership roles at PeopleSoft, including vice chair of the board and senior vice president responsible for product strategy, business development, and marketing. In addition to his role at Workday, Aneel is a member of the board of trustees at Stanford University and serves on the boards of the Workday Foundation, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and Eat. Learn. Play. He has previously served on the boards of several public and private companies, including Cruise, General Motors, Intel, Okta, and Pure Storage. Aneel holds an MBA from Stanford University and a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and economics from Brown University. He is a Crown Fellow at the Aspen Institute.