What they were paid
SYNOPSYS Director Compensation Table · the one fiscal year held| Fiscal year | Cash fees | Stock awards | Option awards | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | $31,250 | $499,434 | $0 | $4,981,793 | $5,512,477 |
Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: SYNOPSYS, Inc. DEF 14A filed February 19, 2026, accession 0000883241-26-000007, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.
How this page was built: the SYNOPSYS, Inc. filed document, accession 0000883241-26-000007. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed February 19, 2026.
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Data as of February 19, 2026 · Source: Velarion Executive Compensation Database, deposited on Zenodo (doi:10.5281/zenodo.22283855).
How this board is paid
company policy · FY2025SYNOPSYS pays directors a $125,000 cash retainer and $200,000 in Restricted Stock.
Committees
FY2025 · as the proxy prints themCompensation
The rest of the SYNOPSYS board
FY2025 · as the company reported each| Director | Role | FY2025 total |
|---|---|---|
| Bruce R. Chizen | Independent Director | $334,783 |
| Dr. Aart J. de Geus | Chair of the Board | — |
| Janice D. Chaffin | Independent Director | $359,783 |
| Jeannine P. Sargent | Independent Director | $349,783 |
| John G. Schwarz | Lead Independent Director | $361,033 |
| Mercedes Johnson | Independent Director | $364,783 |
| Peter A. Shimer | Independent Director | $0 |
| Ravi Vijayaraghavan | Independent Director | $530,684 |
| Robert G. Painter | Independent Director | $353,533 |
| Sassine Ghazi | Director | — |
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