Chairman and CEO
Ceridian
Last year, there were numerous IPOs that dominated the Canadian markets – but perhaps none that made such a big splash as tech firm Ceridian. The company hoped to raise $200 million with its dual US-Canadian IPO, but went on to raise $462 million.
While Minneapolis-based Ceridian is one of the oldest fintech companies in the US, the firm is headed by Toronto-based David Ossip, and much of its senior leadership team is in Toronto as well. Ossip was previously the founder of Dayforce, a scalable cloud platform that was acquired by Ceridian in 2012. Thanks to Ossip’s innovation, Dayforce has grown at an annual compounded rate of 58% since 2012, and Ceridian now serves 3,700 customers.
