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Cadence Design Systems Inc

CDNS
TechnologyNMS$77.6B
CDNS SEC filings last scanned 13 May 2026, 22:43 UTC

CEO Timeline

Anirudh Devgan, Ph.D.Current
Dec 2021 — Present(4y 5mo)
Anirudh Devgan was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Cadence Design Systems, succeeding Lip-Bu Tan who stepped down as CEO.
2 source filings — click to expand
Lip-Bu Tan
Jan 2009 — Dec 2021(12y 11mo)
Lip-Bu Tan was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Cadence Design Systems, Inc., effective January 8, 2009.
stepped down to assume Executive Chair role
3 source filings — click to expand
Lip-Bu TanInterimCo-CEOManually reviewed
Oct 2008 — Jan 2009(3mo)
Web-reviewed interim fill: Lip-Bu Tan served as acting/interim CEO from Michael J. Fister's resignation until his permanent CEO appointment on 2009-01-08.
Michael J. Fister
Since at least Mar 2005 — Oct 2008(3y 7mo)
resigned
1 source filing — click to expand