ANSYS Management

Management criteria checks 3/4

ANSYS' CEO is Ajei Gopal, appointed in Aug 2016, has a tenure of 7.67 years. total yearly compensation is $24.63M, comprised of 3.5% salary and 96.5% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.17% of the company’s shares, worth $48.68M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 3.1 years and 4.9 years respectively.

Key information

Ajei Gopal

Chief executive officer

US$24.6m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage	3.5%
CEO tenure	7.7yrs
CEO ownership	0.2%
Management average tenure	3.1yrs
Board average tenure	4.9yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Ajei Gopal's remuneration changed compared to ANSYS's earnings?
Date	Total Compensation	Salary	Company Earnings
Dec 31 2023	US$25m	US$850k	US$500m
Sep 30 2023	n/a	n/a	US$484m
Jun 30 2023	n/a	n/a	US$524m
Mar 31 2023	n/a	n/a	US$553m
Dec 31 2022	US$22m	US$844k	US$524m
Sep 30 2022	n/a	n/a	US$469m
Jun 30 2022	n/a	n/a	US$458m
Mar 31 2022	n/a	n/a	US$453m
Dec 31 2021	US$18m	US$825k	US$455m
Sep 30 2021	n/a	n/a	US$467m
Jun 30 2021	n/a	n/a	US$457m
Mar 31 2021	n/a	n/a	US$460m
Dec 31 2020	US$14m	US$819k	US$434m
Sep 30 2020	n/a	n/a	US$384m
Jun 30 2020	n/a	n/a	US$398m
Mar 31 2020	n/a	n/a	US$411m
Dec 31 2019	US$20m	US$794k	US$451m
Sep 30 2019	n/a	n/a	US$439m
Jun 30 2019	n/a	n/a	US$438m
Mar 31 2019	n/a	n/a	US$421m
Dec 31 2018	US$10m	US$769k	US$419m
Sep 30 2018	n/a	n/a	US$319m
Jun 30 2018	n/a	n/a	US$303m
Mar 31 2018	n/a	n/a	US$280m
Dec 31 2017	US$10m	US$750k	US$259m

Compensation vs Market: Ajei's total compensation ($USD24.63M) is above average for companies of similar size in the UK market ($USD5.65M).

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

CEO

Ajei Gopal (61 yo)

7.7yrs

Tenure

US$24,633,791

Compensation

Dr. Ajei S. Gopal, Ph.D. serves as an Independent Director at Fiserv, Inc. since March 2024. He had been an Independent Director of Citrix Systems, Inc. since September 20, 2017 until October 4, 2021. He h...

Leadership Team

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Ajei Gopal	President	7.7yrs	US$24.63m	0.17% $ 48.7m
Janet Lee	Senior VP	6.8yrs	US$3.90m	0.018% $ 5.3m
Walt Hearn	Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales & Customer Excellence	2.3yrs	US$5.53m	0.011% $ 3.1m
Shane Emswiler	Senior Vice President of Products	5.3yrs	US$6.93m	0.021% $ 5.9m
Rachel Pyles	CFO & Senior VP of Finance	less than a year	no data	no data
Jennifer Gerchow	Chief Accounting Officer	less than a year	no data	0.0069% $ 2.0m
Prithviraj Banerjee	Chief Technology Officer	5.5yrs	no data	no data
Kelsey DeBriyn	Vice President of Investor Relations	3.1yrs	no data	no data
Matthew Zack	Vice President of Corporate Development & Global Partnerships	5.3yrs	US$2.23m	no data
Andy Kincheloe	Vice President of Global Marketing	2.3yrs	no data	no data
Kathleen Weslock	Vice President of Human Resources	1.3yrs	no data	no data
Renee DeMay	Chief of Staff to the CEO	no data	no data	no data

3.1yrs

Average Tenure

52yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: 0HG3's management team is considered experienced (3.1 years average tenure).

Board Members

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Ajei Gopal	President	13.2yrs	US$24.63m	0.17% $ 48.7m
Barbara Scherer	Independent Director	11yrs	US$402.67k	0.0031% $ 898.5k
Glenda Dorchak	Independent Director	5.8yrs	US$412.67k	0.0024% $ 685.4k
Ronald Hovsepian	Independent Chairman of the Board & Lead Independent Director	12.2yrs	US$522.67k	0.013% $ 3.7m
Robert Calderoni	Independent Director	4.1yrs	US$427.67k	0.0038% $ 1.1m
James Frankola	Independent Director	3.1yrs	US$427.67k	0.0031% $ 881.2k
Anil Chakravarthy	Independent Director	2.5yrs	US$402.67k	0.0018% $ 506.8k
Alec Gallimore	Independent Director	6.3yrs	US$402.67k	0.0059% $ 1.7m
Claire Bramley	Independent Director	1.3yrs	US$402.67k	0.00054% $ 155.5k
Ravi Vijayaraghavan	Independent Director	4.1yrs	US$427.67k	0.0038% $ 1.1m

4.9yrs

Average Tenure

60yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: 0HG3's board of directors are considered experienced (4.9 years average tenure).

ANSYS Management

Management criteria checks 3/4

Key information

Recent management updates

ANSYS, Inc., Annual General Meeting, Jun 07, 2024

Ansys, Inc. Announces Executive Appointments

Ansys Names Rachel Pyles as Chief Financial Officer

Ansys, Inc. Announces Nicole Anasenes, Chief Financial Officer to Depart in the Second Quarter of 2024

Independent Director recently sold US$341k worth of stock

Senior VP recently sold US$296k worth of stock

Recent updates

ANSYS, Inc. to Report Q1, 2024 Results on May 01, 2024

Ansys Releases AI-Powered Virtual Assistant AnsysGPT

ANSYS, Inc., Annual General Meeting, Jun 07, 2024

Ansys, Inc. Announces Executive Appointments

Full year 2023 earnings released: EPS: US$5.76 (vs US$6.02 in FY 2022)

Ansys Names Rachel Pyles as Chief Financial Officer

Ansys Announces Fluent Web UI Supports Access to Massive, Multi-GPU CFD Simulations

ANSYS, Inc. to Report Q4, 2023 Results on Feb 21, 2024

ANSYS, Inc. (NasdaqGS : ANSS) entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a minority ownership interest in Humanetics Innovative Solutions, Inc. from Bridgepoint Group plc.

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.

Ansys Launches Ansys SimAI

Synopsys Reportedly in Advanced Talks to Acquire Ansys

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 16%

Ansys Launches AVxcelerate Autonomy, Streamlining Development and Validation of Adas/Av Systems for L2+, L3, and Beyond

Ansys, Inc. Announces Nicole Anasenes, Chief Financial Officer to Depart in the Second Quarter of 2024

Third quarter 2023 earnings released: EPS: US$0.64 (vs US$1.10 in 3Q 2022)

Ansys, Inc. Provides Earnings Guidance for the Fourth Quarter Ending December 31, 2023 and Year Ending December 31, 2023

ANSYS, Inc. to Report Q3, 2023 Results on Nov 01, 2023

Second quarter 2023 earnings released: EPS: US$0.80 (vs US$1.14 in 2Q 2022)

ANSYS, Inc. Provides Earnings Guidance for the Third Quarter Ending September 30, 2023 and Year Ending December 31, 2023

Ansys, Inc. Announces the Limited Beta Release of Ansysgpt

ANSYS, Inc. to Report Q2, 2023 Results on Aug 02, 2023

ANSYS, Inc. and Synopsys Accelerate RFIC Semiconductor Design with New Reference Flow for Samsung Technology

ANSYS, Inc. (NasdaqGS:ANSS) entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Diakopto Inc.

Independent Director recently sold US$341k worth of stock

ANSYS, Inc. Provides Earnings Guidance for the Second Quarter Ending June 30, 2023 and Full Year Ending December 31, 2023

ANSYS, Inc. Provides Earnings Guidance for the Second Quarter Ending June 30, 2023 and Full Year Ending December 31, 2023

First quarter 2023 earnings released: EPS: US$1.16 (vs US$0.81 in 1Q 2022)

Senior VP recently sold US$296k worth of stock

Full year 2022 earnings released: EPS: US$6.02 (vs US$5.22 in FY 2021)

ANSYS, Inc. to Report Q4, 2022 Results on Feb 22, 2023

ANSYS, Inc. (NasdaqGS:ANSS) acquired Rocky DEM, S.L from Engineering Simulation and Scientific Software Ltda.

High number of new directors

ANSYS, Inc. Appoints Claire Bramley to the Board of Directors

ANSYS, Inc. (NasdaqGS:ANSS) entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Business of Dynamore Holding Gmbh.

Ansys Announces GlobalFoundries Certification of Semiconductor Tools for GF 22FDX® Platform

Investor sentiment improved over the past week

Now 21% undervalued after recent price drop

Third quarter 2022 earnings released: EPS: US$1.10 (vs US$0.98 in 3Q 2021)

Ansys, Inc. Announces Earnings Guidance for Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2022

Ansys Announces the Launch of Ansys Gateway powered by AWS

ANSYS, Inc. to Report Q3, 2022 Results on Nov 02, 2022

ANSYS, Inc. (NasdaqGS:ANSS) signed a definitive agreement to acquire Cullimore and Ring Technologies, Inc.

Now 21% undervalued

Now 21% undervalued

Second quarter 2022 earnings released: EPS: US$1.14 (vs US$1.08 in 2Q 2021)

ANSYS, Inc. Provides Earnings Guidance for the Third Quarter and Full Year 2022

Ansys 2022 R2 Ignites Engineering Innovation with Greater Product Design and Development Insights

ANSYS, Inc. to Report Q2, 2022 Results on Aug 03, 2022

Ansys Solutions Help Increase Energy Efficiency and Significantly Reduce Emissions for Aerospace and Defense Customers

Now 20% undervalued after recent price drop

Now 22% undervalued after recent price drop

Ansys Significantly Increases Speed and Capacity of Semiconductor Signoff with Massively Scalable Seascape Platform

Independent Director recently sold US$205k worth of stock

First quarter 2022 earnings released: EPS: US$0.81 (vs US$0.83 in 1Q 2021)

ANSYS, Inc. (NasdaqGS:ANSS) acquired Motor Design Limited.

ANSYS, Inc. Provides Earnings Guidance for the Second Quarter and Fiscal Year 2022

ANSYS, Inc. to Report Q1, 2022 Results on May 04, 2022

ANSYS, Inc. (NasdaqGS:ANSS) agreed to acquire OnScale, Inc.

ANSYS, Inc., Annual General Meeting, May 12, 2022

ANSYS, Inc. Provides Earnings Guidance for the First Quarter Ending March 31, 2022 and for the Year Ending December 31, 2022

Full year 2021 earnings: EPS in line with analyst expectations despite revenue beat

Full year 2021 earnings: EPS in line with analyst expectations despite revenue beat

Ansys Propels First Flight by Air Race E Electric Race Plane

Insider recently sold US$3.7m worth of stock

Ansys to Showcase Latest Simulation Capabilities for Sustainable Mobility At CES 2022

Third quarter 2021 earnings released: EPS US$0.98 (vs US$0.88 in 3Q 2020)