# Sassine Ghazi

> Sassine Ghazi is the president and CEO of Synopsys, the electronic design automation company whose tools underpin most of the world's advanced chips. He took the top job in January 2024 after 26 years inside the company and steered the $35 billion acquisition of Ansys to close in July 2025.

- **Role:** President & CEO at Synopsys
- **Organizations:** Synopsys, Intel (former), Oak Ridge National Laboratory (former research)
- **Nationality:** Lebanese-American
- **Education:** Bachelor's, Business Administration, Lebanese American University, B.S.E.E., Georgia Institute of Technology, M.S.E.E., University of Tennessee, Knoxville
- **Known for:** Drove development and adoption of Synopsys.ai, billed as the industry's first AI-driven EDA suite, Closed the Ansys acquisition in July 2025, expanding TAM to ~$31B, Led Synopsys to record revenue and profitability as COO and President

## Career timeline

- **Early 1990s** — Design engineer at Intel
- **1997** — Led DOD/Oak Ridge joint research on Variable Structure Control and Reconfigurable Computing
- **1998** — Joined Synopsys as an applications engineer
- **2017** — Co-General Manager of the Design Group
- **2020-08** — Named Chief Operating Officer
- **2021-11** — Named President
- **2024-01** — Becomes President & CEO of Synopsys
- **2025-07** — Closes $35B acquisition of Ansys

## Achievements

- Drove development and adoption of Synopsys.ai, billed as the industry's first AI-driven EDA suite
- Closed the Ansys acquisition in July 2025, expanding TAM to ~$31B
- Led Synopsys to record revenue and profitability as COO and President
- Drove the Fusion Design Platform and SiliconMAX Silicon Lifecycle Management Platform

## Latest updates

- **2025-07** — Closed acquisition of Ansys
- **2025-12** — Joint CNBC Squawk on the Street interview with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang
- **2026-05** — Featured in full CNBC interview on AI chip design and post-Ansys roadmap

## Links

- Website: https://www.synopsys.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sassine-ghazi
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/synopsys
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGR8yYTYfb4
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Synopsys

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Last updated: 2026-05-30