Cadence Design Systems, Inc.

Cadence

CDNS · NASDAQ

Technology

Catalog as of September 15, 2026. Not a live market feed.

Fiscal Year: 2025
Revenue: $5.3B
Assets: $10.2B
SEC filing: DEF 14A
Filed: March 25, 2026

Executive Compensation

Compensation reported for Cadence’s named executive officers, including salary, stock awards, incentive compensation, other compensation, and total compensation.

Named executive officer compensation
Executive	Position	Salary	Stock Awards	Incentives	Option Awards	Other	Reported total
Anirudh Devgan	President And Chief Executive Officer	$800,000	$54,412,532	$1,456,271	$0	$14,772	$56,683,576
John M. Wall	Senior Vice President And Chief Financial Officer	$600,000	$15,736,804	$769,614	$0	$13,444	$17,119,862
Paul Scannell	Senior Vice President, Customer Success Team	$525,000	$14,491,009	$672,916	$0	$10,611	$15,699,536
Paul Cunningham	Senior Vice President, Gm, System Verification Group	$500,000	$14,071,174	$623,903	$0	$12,180	$15,207,257
Chin-Chi Teng	Senior Vice President, GM, Digital & Signoff Group	$500,000	$14,071,174	$599,346	$0	$15,132	$15,185,652

Anirudh Devgan
President And Chief Executive Officer
$56.7M
Reported total
Salary
$800,000
Stock awards
$54,412,532
Incentives
$1,456,271
Option awards
$0
Other
$14,772
John M. Wall
Senior Vice President And Chief Financial Officer
$17.1M
Reported total
Salary
$600,000
Stock awards
$15,736,804
Incentives
$769,614
Option awards
$0
Other
$13,444
Paul Scannell
Senior Vice President, Customer Success Team
$15.7M
Reported total
Salary
$525,000
Stock awards
$14,491,009
Incentives
$672,916
Option awards
$0
Other
$10,611
Paul Cunningham
Senior Vice President, Gm, System Verification Group
$15.2M
Reported total
Salary
$500,000
Stock awards
$14,071,174
Incentives
$623,903
Option awards
$0
Other
$12,180
Chin-Chi Teng
Senior Vice President, GM, Digital & Signoff Group
$15.2M
Reported total
Salary
$500,000
Stock awards
$14,071,174
Incentives
$599,346
Option awards
$0
Other
$15,132

Anirudh Devgan

President And Chief Executive Officer

$56.7M

Reported total · FY2025 · SCT Total as filed

Source: DEF 14A Summary Compensation Table, filed March 25, 2026.

Salary: $800K
Stock Awards: $54.4M
Incentives: $1.5M
Other: $15K

Historical Compensation

Anirudh Devgan total compensation, fiscal years 2023–2025.

Year-by-year total compensation
Fiscal Year	Salary	Stock Awards	Total Compensation
2025	$800,000	$54,412,532	$56,683,576
2024	$750,000	$8,686,096	$19,292,503
2023	$750,000	$7,702,791	$17,341,862

Named Executive Officers

Anirudh Devgan

President And Chief Executive Officer

Cadence · CDNS

$56.7M

FY 2025 · DEF 14A

John M. Wall

Senior Vice President And Chief Financial Officer

Cadence · CDNS

$17.1M

FY 2025 · DEF 14A

Paul Scannell

Senior Vice President, Customer Success Team

Cadence · CDNS

$15.7M

FY 2025 · DEF 14A

92% equity · 3× FY2024

Paul Cunningham

Senior Vice President, Gm, System Verification Group

Cadence · CDNS

$15.2M

FY 2025 · DEF 14A

Chin-Chi Teng

Senior Vice President, GM, Digital & Signoff Group

Cadence · CDNS

$15.2M

FY 2025 · DEF 14A

Source information

Company: Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
Ticker: CDNS · NASDAQ
Filing type: DEF 14A
Fiscal year: 2025
Filing date: March 25, 2026
SEC accession number: 0001193125-26-124264

Source: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, DEF 14A Summary Compensation Table. View SEC filing

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