Ceridian
Ceridian HCM is an American provider of human resources software and services with employees in the USA, Canada, Europe, Australia and Mauritius. It is a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange.
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Type | Public company |
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Industry | SaaS HCM Software |
Founded | 1992 |
Headquarters | Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. |
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Number of employees | 7,462 (December 2021)[1] |
Website | ceridian |
History

Ceridian is a descendant of Control Data Corporation (CDC). In 1992, Ceridian was founded as an information services company from the restructuring of CDC, a computer services and manufacturing company founded in 1957.[2][3]
In 2007, Ceridian was acquired for US$5.3 billion by Thomas H. Lee Partners and Fidelity National Financial (FNF).[4] Ceridian common stock ceased trading on the NYSE before commencement of trading on November 9, 2007 and was delisted from the NYSE.[5]
In March 2012, Ceridian completed its acquisition of Dayforce, a single SaaS application for HR, payroll, tax, benefits, workforce management, talent management and several related activities.[6] In October 2013, Ceridian announced the legal separation of its Human Capital Management and payments businesses.[7] Ceridian completed the separation on October 1, 2013 through a series of transactions, which resulted in the payments business being operated as Comdata Inc. (“Comdata”), and the HCM business being operated as Ceridian HCM Holding Inc. (“Ceridian HCM”).[8]
David Ossip, Chief Executive Officer of Dayforce, became CEO of Ceridian HCM in February 2013.[6]
In April 2018, Ceridian went public in an initial offering that raised over $400 million.[9][10]
In September 2019, Ceridian acquired Australia-based enterprise workforce management solutions provider Riteq.[11]
In April 2020, Ceridian acquired an Asian HCM (Excelity Global Solutions).
On 1 March 2021, Ceridian completed the acquisition of Ascender HCM. [12]
Leadership
References
- "Ceridian HCM Holding Inc. 2021 Annual Report (Form 10-K)". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. February 28, 2022. pp. 6, 52–53.
- Richard, Michael A. (May 14, 2014). EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS: Wellness/Enhancement Programming (4th Ed.). Charles C Thomas Publisher. ISBN 9780398085612.
- Enterprise, I. D. G. (September 6, 1993). Computerworld. IDG Enterprise.
- Berenson, Alex (May 31, 2007). "Ceridian to Be Taken Private in $5.3 Billion Deal". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
- Carissa Wyant (November 9, 2007). "Ceridian sale closes". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved December 16, 2021.
- "Ceridian primes customers to embrace cloud HCM". diginomica. March 6, 2015. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
- "Business briefing, Saturday, Oct. 5". Twin Cities. October 4, 2013. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
- "Ceridian Forms Separate HCM and Payments Businesses | @CloudExpo". cloudcomputing.sys-con.com. Archived from the original on January 6, 2018. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
- "Ceridian HCM Holding completes largest IPO in Minnesota". Star Tribune. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
- "Software Maker Ceridian Tops IPO Range to Get $462 Million". Bloomberg.com. April 25, 2018. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
- "Ceridian acquires Australia-based enterprise workforce management solutions provider". www2.staffingindustry.com. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
- "Ceridian acquires Australia-based Ascender HCM". www.ascenderhcm.com. March 2021. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
- Smith, Buckley (February 11, 2020). "Ceridian says it plans to create 2,000 jobs in Canada over five years". IT World Canada. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
Further reading
External links
- Official website
- Business data for Ceridian HCA, Inc.: