Synopsys Management

Management criteria checks 3/4

Synopsys' CEO is Sassine Ghazi, appointed in Nov 2021, has a tenure of 1.25 years. total yearly compensation is $10.07M, comprised of 5.9% salary and 94.1% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.041% of the company’s shares, worth €34.20M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 2.8 years and 7.3 years respectively.

Key information

Sassine Ghazi

Chief executive officer

US$10.1m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage	5.9%
CEO tenure	3yrs
CEO ownership	0.04%
Management average tenure	2.8yrs
Board average tenure	7.3yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Sassine Ghazi's remuneration changed compared to Synopsys's earnings?
Date	Total Compensation	Salary	Company Earnings
Jul 31 2024	n/a	n/a	US$2b
Apr 30 2024	n/a	n/a	US$1b
Jan 31 2024	n/a	n/a	US$1b
Oct 31 2023	n/a	n/a	US$1b
Jul 31 2023	n/a	n/a	US$1b
Apr 30 2023	n/a	n/a	US$921m
Jan 31 2023	n/a	n/a	US$941m
Oct 31 2022	n/a	n/a	US$985m
Jul 31 2022	n/a	n/a	US$1b
Apr 30 2022	n/a	n/a	US$1b
Jan 31 2022	n/a	n/a	US$909m
Oct 31 2021	n/a	n/a	US$758m
Jul 31 2021	n/a	n/a	US$754m
Apr 30 2021	n/a	n/a	US$808m
Jan 31 2021	n/a	n/a	US$723m
Oct 31 2020	US$6m	US$430k	US$664m

Compensation vs Market: Sassine's total compensation ($USD10.07M) is above average for companies of similar size in the Austrian market ($USD4.34M).

Compensation vs Earnings: Sassine's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.

CEO

Sassine Ghazi (53 yo)

3yrs

Tenure

US$10,067,991

Compensation

Mr. Sassine Ghazi serves as President at Synopsys, Inc., since November 1, 2021 and serves as its Director since August 13, 2023 and serves as its Chief Executive Officer since January 1, 2024 and served a...

Leadership Team

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Aart de Geus	Co-Founder & Executive Chairman	38.8yrs	US$12.68m	0.28% € 233.5m
Sassine Ghazi	CEO, President & Director	3yrs	US$10.07m	0.041% € 34.2m
Shelagh Glaser	Chief Financial Officer	1.9yrs	US$19.49m	0.0059% € 4.9m
John Runkel	General Counsel & Corporate Secretary	10.5yrs	US$3.23m	0.013% € 10.9m
Richard Mahoney	Chief Revenue Officer	2yrs	US$5.95m	0.0021% € 1.8m
Sudhindra Kankanwadi	Senior VP of Finance	9.2yrs	no data	0.012% € 10.2m
Shankar Krishnamoorthy	Head of Technology & Product Development	less than a year	no data	no data
Sriram Sitaraman	Senior VP & Chief Information Officer	4.8yrs	no data	no data
Ann Minooka	Chief Marketing Officer	1.2yrs	no data	no data
Jill Larsen	Chief People Officer	1.8yrs	no data	no data
John Koeter	Senior Vice President of Marketing and Strategy	no data	no data	no data
Erika McEnroe	Senior VP & Deputy General Counsel	2.8yrs	no data	no data

2.8yrs

Average Tenure

60yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: SYNP's management team is considered experienced (2.8 years average tenure).

Board Members

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Aart de Geus	Co-Founder & Executive Chairman	38.8yrs	US$12.68m	0.28% € 233.5m
Sassine Ghazi	CEO, President & Director	1.3yrs	US$10.07m	0.041% € 34.2m
Bruce Chizen	Independent Director	23.6yrs	US$314.71k	0.0099% € 8.3m
John Schwarz	Independent Director	17.5yrs	US$318.46k	0.0080% € 6.7m
Mercedes Johnson	Independent Director	7.8yrs	US$338.46k	0.0012% € 1.0m
Roy Vallee	Lead Independent Director	21.8yrs	US$344.71k	0.015% € 12.3m
Janice Chaffin	Independent Director	9.9yrs	US$330.96k	0.0096% € 8.0m
Gary McGraw	VP of Security Technology & Chairman of Technical Advisory Board	6.8yrs	no data	no data
Brian Chess	Member of Technical Advisory Board	6.8yrs	no data	no data
Laurie Williams	Member of Technical Advisory Board	6.8yrs	no data	no data
Neil Daswani	Member of Technical Advisory Board	6.8yrs	no data	no data
Charlie Miller	Member of Technical Advisory Board	6.8yrs	no data	no data

7.3yrs

Average Tenure

70yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: SYNP's board of directors are considered experienced (7.3 years average tenure).

Synopsys Management

Management criteria checks 3/4

Key information

Recent management updates

Independent Director recently sold €2.9m worth of stock

General Counsel & Corporate Secretary recently sold €2.8m worth of stock

Lead Independent Director recently sold €5.3m worth of stock

Synopsys, Inc., Annual General Meeting, Apr 10, 2024

Insider recently sold €2.1m worth of stock

Synopsys, Inc. Appoints Ann Minooka as Chief Marketing Officer

Recent updates

Now 21% overvalued after recent price rise

Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. and Francisco Partners Management, L.P. completed the acquisition of Software Integrity Group Business of Synopsys, Inc. (NasdaqGS:SNPS).

Third quarter 2024 earnings released: EPS: US$2.78 (vs US$2.21 in 3Q 2023)

Synopsys, Inc. Provides Earnings Guidance for the Three Months and Fiscal Year Ending October 31, 2024

Now 21% overvalued

New minor risk - Share price stability

Synopsys, Inc. to Report Q3, 2024 Results on Aug 21, 2024

Synopsys Advances Automotive Security with Industry's First IP Product to Achieve Third-Party Certification for ISO/SAE 21434 Cybersecurity Compliance

Synopsys Accelerates Chip Innovation with Production-Ready Multi-Die Reference Flow for Intel Foundry

Independent Director recently sold €2.9m worth of stock

Second quarter 2024 earnings released: EPS: US$1.96 (vs US$1.79 in 2Q 2023)

Synopsys, Inc. Provides Earnings Guidance for the Quarter Ending July 31, 2024 and Raises Earnings Guidance for the Fiscal Year Ending October 31, 2024

Synopsys, Inc. Adds AI-Powered Application Security Assistant to Polaris Software Integrity Platform

Synopsys, Inc. to Report Q2, 2024 Results on May 22, 2024

Synopsys, Inc. Launches New Offering for Comprehensive Software Supply Chain Security

General Counsel & Corporate Secretary recently sold €2.8m worth of stock

Synopsys, Inc. (NasdaqGS:SNPS) acquired Intrinsic-ID Inc.

Lead Independent Director recently sold €5.3m worth of stock

First quarter 2024 earnings released: EPS: US$2.95 (vs US$1.78 in 1Q 2023)

Synopsys, Inc. Provides Earnings Guidance for the Second Quarter Ending May 4, 2024 and Fiscal Year Ending November 2, 2024

Synopsys, Inc., Annual General Meeting, Apr 10, 2024

New major risk - Share price stability

Synopsys, Inc. to Report Q1, 2024 Results on Feb 21, 2024

Synopsys, Inc. (NasdaqGS:SNPS) entered into a definitive agreement to acquire ANSYS, Inc. (NasdaqGS:ANSS) for $32.4 billion.

Synopsys, Inc. (NasdaqGS:SNPS) entered into a definitive agreement to acquire ANSYS, Inc. (NasdaqGS:ANSS) for $32.4 billion.

Synopsys, Inc. (NasdaqGS:SNPS) entered into a definitive agreement to acquire ANSYS, Inc. (NasdaqGS:ANSS) for $32.4 billion.

Synopsys Reportedly in Advanced Talks to Acquire Ansys

Insider recently sold €2.1m worth of stock

New minor risk - Share price stability

Full year 2023 earnings released: EPS: US$8.08 (vs US$6.44 in FY 2022)

Synopsys, Inc. Announces Synopsys.ai Copilot, Breakthrough GenAI Capability to Accelerate Chip Design

Synopsys Expands Its ARC Processor IP Portfolio with New RISC-V Family

Synopsys, Inc. to Report Q4, 2023 Results on Nov 29, 2023

Synopsys, Inc. Appoints Ann Minooka as Chief Marketing Officer

Synopsys Unveils Industry's Broadest Portfolio of Automotive-Grade IP on Tsmc's N5a Process Technology

Synopsys, Inc. Demonstrates Industry's First Interoperability of PCI Express 6.0 IP with Intel's Pcie 6.0 Test Chip

Synopsys Extends Synopsys.ai EDA Suite with Industry's First Full-Stack Big Data Analytics Solution

Synopsys, Inc. (NasdaqGS:SNPS) acquired PikeTec GmbH.

Insufficient new directors

Synopsys, Inc. Provides Earnings Guidance for the Three Months and Fiscal Year Ending October 31, 2023

Third quarter 2023 earnings released: EPS: US$2.21 (vs US$1.46 in 3Q 2022)

Synopsys, Inc. Launches Software Risk Manager to Simplify Enterprise-Scale Application Security Testing

Synopsys, Inc. Accelerates Advanced Chip Design with First-Pass Silicon Success of IP Portfolio on TSMC 3nm Process

Synopsys, Inc. to Report Q3, 2023 Results on Aug 16, 2023

Synopsys, Inc. Delivers Certified Eda Flows and High-Quality Ip for Intel 16 Process

Synopsys and Samsung Foundry Deepen Collaboration to Accelerate Multi-Die System Design for Advanced Samsung Processes

Insider recently sold €1.1m worth of stock

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 18%

Second quarter 2023 earnings released: EPS: US$1.79 (vs US$1.93 in 2Q 2022)

Synopsys, Inc. Revises Revenue Guidance for Full Year of 2023

Synopsys, Inc. to Report Q2, 2023 Results on May 17, 2023

Synopsys, Inc., Annual General Meeting, Apr 12, 2023

First quarter 2023 earnings released: EPS: US$1.78 (vs US$2.05 in 1Q 2022)

Synopsys, Inc. Provides Consolidated Financial Guidance for the Second Quarter Ending April 30, 2023 and Full Fiscal Year Ending October 31, 2023

Synopsys, Inc. to Report Q1, 2023 Results on Feb 15, 2023

Full year 2022 earnings released: EPS: US$6.44 (vs US$4.96 in FY 2021)

Synopsys, Inc. Provides Consolidated Earnings Guidance for the First Quarter and Full Fiscal Year Ending October 31, 2023

Synopsys, Inc. Appoints Shelagh Glaser as Chief Financial Officer, Effective December 2, 2022

Insufficient new directors

Synopsys, Inc. Unveils Breakthrough Golden Signoff Eco Solution, Delivering 10X Productivity Improvement

Synopsys, Inc. Advances Silicon Lifecycle Management to Accelerate Data Transport and Significantly Reduce Test Time

Synopsys, Inc. Unveils Industry's First Unified Emulation and Prototyping System Addressing Verification Requirements Across the Chip Development Cycle

Independent Director recently sold €723k worth of stock

Third quarter 2022 earnings released: EPS: US$1.46 (vs US$1.30 in 3Q 2021)

Synopsys, Inc. Provides Consolidated Earnings Guidance for the Fourth Quarter and Full Fiscal Year Ending October 31, 2022

Synopsys, Inc. to Report Q3, 2022 Results on Aug 17, 2022

Synopsys, Inc. Delivers Higher Productivity and Quality for Advanced-Node 5G/6G SoCs on Samsung Foundry's Low-Power Process

Synopsys, Inc.(NasdaqGS:SNPS) dropped from Russell 1000 Value-Defensive Index

Chief Financial Officer recently sold €5.4m worth of stock