President and Chief Executive Officer · CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC (CDNS)

Anirudh Devgan

A named executive officer of CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2016 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$56,683,576

FY2024: $19,292,503

1st of 5 named executive officers at Cadence Design Systems by FY2025 total.

5 named officers on file for CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed March 25, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-05.

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Anirudh Devgan compensation by year

CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS Summary Compensation Table · all 10 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$400,000$434,231$500,000$550,000$561,539$604,808$725,000$750,000$750,000$800,000
Bonus$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$2,339,420$3,554,150$1,979,990$6,528,009$2,640,035$2,499,956$25,318,495$7,702,791$8,686,096$54,412,532
Option awards$642,400$515,888$1,016,380$1,358,505$1,359,478$17,496,404$4,779,658$7,689,913$8,665,680$0
Non-equity incentive$351,340$516,670$739,764$698,084$972,416$1,109,054$1,381,859$1,187,386$1,177,600$1,456,271
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
All other$9,512$9,997$119,848$171,921$10,422$25,572$11,022$11,772$13,128$14,772
Total$3,742,672$5,030,936$4,355,982$9,306,519$5,543,890$21,735,794$32,216,034$17,341,862$19,292,503$56,683,576

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC DEF 14A filed March 25, 2026, accession 0001193125-26-124264, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC filed document, accession 0001193125-26-124264. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed March 25, 2026.

$3.7M
$5.0M
$4.4M
$9.3M
$5.5M
$21.7M
$32.2M
$17.3M
$19.3M
$56.7M
FY16
FY17
FY18
FY19
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU282,000$88,147,560—
PSU274,169$85,699,746—
RSU43,319$13,540,653—
PSU43,318$13,540,340—
PSU21,659$6,770,170—
RSU14,552$4,548,664—
RSU6,326$1,977,381—
Option6,101—$142.50
Option33,872—$202.94
Option46,770—$298.44

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC's FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

9 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed March 25, 2026)
current to 2026-11-05 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-09-17Tax withholding—3,779$280.76247,201
2026-09-15Tax withholding—2,539$273.96250,980
2026-06-02Sale10b5-125,005$415.00253,519
2026-06-01Exercise or conversion derivative10b5-126,821$0.000
2026-06-01Exercise or conversion10b5-126,821$78.76330,346
2026-06-01Sale10b5-151,822$395.00278,524
2026-05-22Exercise or conversion derivative10b5-125,000$0.0026,821
2026-05-22Exercise or conversion10b5-125,000$78.76355,412

The 8 most recent of 9 lines, each as reported on the Form 4. "10b5-1" marks a trade the filing reports under a pre-arranged trading plan. View every Form 4 filing on EDGAR →

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS discloses, by trigger · FY2025
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Involuntary termination without cause$2,024,000$82,153,472$51,144$84,228,617
Change in control and involuntary termination$3,024,000$94,869,618$51,144$97,944,762
Disability—$88,169,278$51,144$88,220,422
Resignation for good reason, no change in control$2,024,000$82,153,472$51,144$84,228,617
Death—$88,169,278$0$88,169,278
Change in control and resignation for good reason$3,024,000$94,869,618$51,144$97,944,762

Per the Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control table in CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC's FY2025 proxy. Estimates as the company printed them; a dash means it printed no figure.

CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Anirudh Devgan · this pagePresident and Chief Executive Officer$56,683,576
John WallSenior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$17,119,862
Paul ScannellSenior Vice President, Customer Success Team$15,699,536
Paul CunninghamSenior Vice President, GM, System Verification Group$15,207,257
Chin-Chi TengSenior Vice President, GM, Digital & Signoff Group$15,185,652

Board service

CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS board · FY2022–FY2025

How this board is paid

Company policy: CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS pays directors a $80,000 cash retainer and $240,000 in equity. As stated in CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS's FY2025 proxy.

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