Cadence Design Systems

CDNS

TechnologyNMS$77.6B

CDNS SEC filings last scanned 4 Oct 2026, 18:59 UTC

CEO Timeline

Anirudh Devgan, Ph.D.Current

Dec 2021 — Present(4y 10mo)

Anirudh Devgan was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Cadence Design Systems, succeeding Lip-Bu Tan who stepped down as CEO.

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Lip-Bu TanCo-CEOManually reviewed

Oct 2008 — Dec 2021(13y 2mo)

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. || Restored: retiring this changed the timeline for the worse. The interim and permanent rows merge into one tenure, and this override is what gives that tenure its dates and its permanent status.

Lip-Bu Tan stepped down as Chief Executive Officer of Cadence Design Systems to assume the position of Executive Chair.

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Michael J. Fister

Since at least Mar 2005 — Oct 2008(3y 7mo)

resigned

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