ANSYS Management

Management criteria checks 3/4

ANSYS' CEO is Ajei Gopal, appointed in Aug 2016, has a tenure of 8.67 years. total yearly compensation is $24.63M, comprised of 3.5% salary and 96.5% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.2% of the company’s shares, worth MX$1.04B. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 4.1 years and 5.9 years respectively.

Key information

Ajei Gopal

Chief executive officer

US$24.6m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage3.5%
CEO tenure8.7yrs
CEO ownership0.2%
Management average tenure4.1yrs
Board average tenure5.9yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Ajei Gopal's remuneration changed compared to ANSYS's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
Dec 31 2024n/an/a

US$576m

Sep 30 2024n/an/a

US$568m

Jun 30 2024n/an/a

US$495m

Mar 31 2024n/an/a

US$435m

Dec 31 2023US$25mUS$850k

US$500m

Sep 30 2023n/an/a

US$484m

Jun 30 2023n/an/a

US$524m

Mar 31 2023n/an/a

US$553m

Dec 31 2022US$22mUS$844k

US$524m

Sep 30 2022n/an/a

US$469m

Jun 30 2022n/an/a

US$458m

Mar 31 2022n/an/a

US$453m

Dec 31 2021US$18mUS$825k

US$455m

Sep 30 2021n/an/a

US$467m

Jun 30 2021n/an/a

US$457m

Mar 31 2021n/an/a

US$460m

Dec 31 2020US$14mUS$819k

US$434m

Sep 30 2020n/an/a

US$384m

Jun 30 2020n/an/a

US$398m

Mar 31 2020n/an/a

US$411m

Dec 31 2019US$20mUS$794k

US$451m

Sep 30 2019n/an/a

US$439m

Jun 30 2019n/an/a

US$438m

Mar 31 2019n/an/a

US$421m

Dec 31 2018US$10mUS$769k

US$419m

Compensation vs Market: Ajei's total compensation ($USD24.63M) is above average for companies of similar size in the MX market ($USD5.57M).

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


CEO

Ajei Gopal (62 yo)

8.7yrs

Tenure

US$24,633,791

Compensation

Dr. Ajei S. Gopal, Ph.D. serves as an Independent Director at Fiserv, Inc. since March 12, 2024. He had been an Independent Director of Citrix Systems, Inc. since September 20, 2017 until October 4, 2021....


Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Ajei Gopal
President8.7yrsUS$24.63m0.20%
MX$ 1.0b
Janet Lee
Senior VP7.8yrsUS$3.90m0.021%
MX$ 112.3m
Walt Hearn
Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales & Customer Excellence3.3yrsUS$5.53m0.027%
MX$ 144.6m
Shane Emswiler
Senior Vice President of Products6.3yrsUS$6.93m0.041%
MX$ 220.0m
Rachel Pyles
CFO & Senior VP of Finance1.2yrsno data0.0098%
MX$ 51.9m
Jennifer Gerchow
Chief Accounting Officer1.2yrsno data0.016%
MX$ 83.8m
Prithviraj Banerjee
Chief Technology Officer6.5yrsno datano data
Kelsey DeBriyn
Vice President of Investor Relations4.1yrsno datano data
Matthew Zack
Vice President of Corporate Development & Global Partnerships6.3yrsUS$2.23mno data
Andy Kincheloe
Vice President of Global Marketing3.3yrsno datano data
Kathleen Weslock
Vice President of Human Resources2.3yrsno datano data
Renee DeMay
Chief of Staff to the CEOno datano datano data

4.1yrs

Average Tenure

53yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: ANSS *'s management team is considered experienced (4.1 years average tenure).


Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Ajei Gopal
President14.2yrsUS$24.63m0.20%
MX$ 1.0b
Barbara Scherer
Independent Director12yrsUS$402.67k0.0042%
MX$ 22.2m
Glenda Dorchak
Independent Director6.8yrsUS$412.67k0.0026%
MX$ 14.0m
Ronald Hovsepian
Independent Chairman of the Board & Lead Independent Director13.2yrsUS$522.67k0.014%
MX$ 72.9m
Robert Calderoni
Independent Director5.1yrsUS$427.67k0.0048%
MX$ 25.6m
James Frankola
Independent Director4.1yrsUS$427.67k0.0041%
MX$ 21.9m
Anil Chakravarthy
Independent Director3.5yrsUS$402.67k0.0028%
MX$ 15.0m
Alec Gallimore
Independent Director7.3yrsUS$402.67k0.0070%
MX$ 37.1m
Claire Bramley
Independent Director2.3yrsUS$402.67k0.0016%
MX$ 8.6m
Ravi Vijayaraghavan
Independent Director5.1yrsUS$427.67k0.0048%
MX$ 25.6m

5.9yrs

Average Tenure

60.5yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: ANSS *'s board of directors are considered experienced (5.9 years average tenure).


Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/04/24 11:15
End of Day Share Price 2025/01/29 00:00
Earnings2024/12/31
Annual Earnings2024/12/31

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Market Prices30 years
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Ownership10 years
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Management10 years
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  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
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Analyst Sources

ANSYS, Inc. is covered by 43 analysts. 12 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Joseph VruwinkBaird
Saket KaliaBarclays
Raimo LenschowBarclays