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Cadence Design Systems
CDNS · EDA & Chip Design IP
$371.39
-5.41 (-1.44%)
As of Jul 15, 2026 close
Executive Compensation — FY2025 Proxy
DEF 14A filed Mar 25, 2026CEO Total Comp
$56.7M
Anirudh Devgan · FY2025
YoY Change
+193.8%
FY2024: $19.3M
CEO Pay Ratio
592:1
median employee $95.7K
Named Executives
5
CEO · CFO · President · President · President
Equity Share of Comp
96%
of CEO total
Compensation Over Time
CEO total by component · from Summary Compensation TableSalaryCash BonusEquity AwardsAll Other
“All Other” includes non-equity incentive compensation (see table below for the breakout).
Summary Compensation Table
Officer × year · extracted from DEF 14A · analyst-reviewed| Name & Position | Year | Salary | Cash Bonus | Equity Awards | Non-Equity Incentive | All Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Anirudh Devgan President and Chief Executive Officer | 2025 | $800,000 | — | $54,412,532 | $1,456,271 | $14,772 | $56,683,576 |
| 2024 | $750,000 | — | $17,351,776 | $1,177,600 | $13,128 | $19,292,503 | |
| 2023 | $750,000 | — | $15,392,704 | $1,187,386 | $11,772 | $17,341,862 | |
John M. Wall Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | 2025 | $600,000 | — | $15,736,804 | $769,614 | $13,444 | $17,119,862 |
| 2024 | $575,000 | — | $5,062,968 | $604,053 | $12,630 | $6,254,651 | |
| 2023 | $575,000 | — | $4,618,961 | $705,606 | $11,772 | $5,911,339 | |
Paul Scannell Senior Vice President, Customer Success Team | 2025 | $525,000 | — | $14,491,009 | $672,916 | $10,611 | $15,699,536 |
| 2024 | $429,948 | — | $4,078,114 | $476,473 | $10,457 | $5,172,527 | |
Paul Cunningham Senior Vice President, GM, System Verification Group | 2025 | $500,000 | — | $14,071,174 | $623,903 | $12,180 | $15,207,257 |
| 2024 | $475,000 | — | $4,359,718 | $496,452 | $11,946 | $5,323,116 | |
| 2023 | $450,000 | — | $3,849,088 | $594,990 | $11,222 | $4,930,300 | |
Chin-Chi Teng Senior Vice President, GM, Digital Signoff Group | 2025 | $500,000 | — | $14,071,174 | $599,346 | $15,132 | $15,185,652 |
| 2024 | $475,000 | — | $4,359,718 | $482,241 | $14,408 | $5,311,368 | |
| 2023 | $475,000 | — | $3,849,088 | $580,438 | $13,183 | $4,917,709 |
Pay vs Performance
Compensation actually paid vs TSR · XBRL (Item 402(v))CEO comp actually paidAvg other NEOTSR (indexed, right)
Pay vs Performance — Detail
| FY | CEO Paid | Avg NEO Paid | TSR | Net Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $95.3M | $24.6M | 229.0 | $1.1B |
| 2024 | $28.7M | $8.0M | 220.0 | $1.1B |
| 2023 | $119.1M | $34.3M | 200.0 | $1.0B |
| 2022 | $24.8M | $7.4M | 118.0 | $849.0M |
| 2021 | $39.8M | $14.5M | 137.0 | $696.0M |
TSR = value of $100 invested at the earliest disclosed fiscal year end · “actually paid” per SEC 402(v) methodology · source filing
Summary Compensation Table extracted from SEC DEF 14A proxy statements (Claude-assisted, analyst-reviewed before publication; source quotes pinned per figure). Pay-versus-performance from Inline XBRL (ECD taxonomy) with HTML fallback where issuer tagging is incomplete. Updated annually on proxy filing (~120 days after fiscal year end).