RIDGEWOOD, NJ — Dave Duffield has made a lot of money since he graduated from Ridgewood High School in 1958.
![a group of people standing in front of a building: The Workday and PeopleSoft founder Dave Duffield graduated from Ridgewood High School in 1958. His foundation, the Dave & Cheryl Duffield Foundation, donated $635,000 to the Duffield STEAM Initiative.](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/billionaire-ridgewood-alum-gives-635k-to-science-tech-programs/{"default":{"load":"default","w":"80","h":"60","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BB1gC8pV.img?h=600&w=799&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f"},"size3column":{"load":"default","w":"62","h":"47","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BB1gC8pV.img?h=469&w=624&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f"},"size2column":{"load":"default","w":"62","h":"47","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BB1gC8pV.img?h=469&w=624&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f"}})
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The Workday and PeopleSoft founder Dave Duffield graduated from Ridgewood High School in 1958. His foundation, the Dave & Cheryl Duffield Foundation, donated $635,000 to the Duffield STEAM Initiative.
In the years since he’s founded Workday and PeopleSoft, acquiring a net worth of $13.3 billion, according to Forbes. Duffield has made a lasting impact in the software industry, and on Monday, he likely made a lasting impact on his alma mater.
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The Ridgewood High School Alumni Association (RHSAA) presented the Board of Education with a $635,000 gift from the Dave & Cheryl Duffield Foundation at the board’s Monday meeting. That donation will go toward funding a science, technology, engineering, arts and…
