Synopsys, Inc. announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Sassine Ghazi as president and Chief Executive Officer effective on January 1, 2024. At that time, Aart de Geus, chair and CEO will transition into the role of Executive Chair of Synopsys' Board of Directors. In their new roles, de Geus and Ghazi will continue their close and trusting collaboration to maintain and extend Synopsys' high vitality culture, technology leadership, and excellent business growth, as they have demonstrated in recent years.

Ghazi (53) brings multiple decades of chip design, applications engineering, customer support, sales, and business management experience to the Synopsys CEO role. In his current role as president and COO, he leads and drives strategy for all business units, sales, marketing and customer success at Synopsys. He assumed the role of COO in August 2020 and was appointed to the role of president in November 2021.

Prior to Synopsys, he was a design engineer at Intel. De Geus (69), who founded Synopsys in 1986, grew the company from a disruptive start-up to a technology and market leader in electronic design automation, design IP, and software security. Aart is a technology visionary and legendary keynote speaker at industry events recognized by numerous awards.

He has built Synopsys with an unwavering value-driven commitment to positive world impact and a deep belief in the talent and potential of all people.