ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Guy Haddleton is a serial entrepreneur, investor and director. He is the Co-Founder, former CEO and Chairman of Adaytum which he led to a $160 million dollar acquisition, and the Co-Founder and former CEO of Anaplan, which would go on to list on the NYSE in a $3 billion-dollar IPO.
An accomplished executive with more than 20 years’ experience in the enterprise planning software sector, Guy started Adaytum with his wife, Susie, and Michael Gould in 1990 in the U.K. before later moving the business to Minneapolis. Guy led Adaytum for 13 years as CEO and Chairman, until its acquisition by Cognos in 2003 for U.S. $160 million.
Later he would go on to co-found Anaplan, an iterated V2 version of Adaytum built for the age of the Internet. He served as CEO at Anaplan for the first four years. At one point in time one of the fastest growing enterprise software companies in the U.S., Anaplan listed on the New York Stock Exchange in a $3 billion-dollar IPO in October 2018.
Guy was also an early investor in Xero, serving on the board for four years, and has invested in medical cannabis startup, Helius Therapeutics, and supercomputing startup Nyriad.
Guy spent his early career in the New Zealand military as a Troop Commander of a Special Forces team. He holds an MBA from the University of Otago.
Watch Guy’s interview on #Unfiltered:www.unfiltered.tv/public/guy-haddleton
