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Sassine Ghazi

Executive at Black Duck · President and Chief Executive Officer at Synopsys

San Francisco Bay Area

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About

Sassine Ghazi is President and Chief Executive Officer of Synopsys Inc, a company providing electronic design automation, semiconductor IP, and simulation and analysis solutions. He has worked in the semiconductor industry for nearly three decades, including more than 25 years at Synopsys, holding leadership positions in engineering, product management, sales, and operations. He also serves as a board member at the company.

Executive at Black Duck

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Black Duck's investors · 17

Asset Management CompanyMenlo Park · $500K – $2M checks · since 2014Blumberg CapitalMiami · $500K – $5M checks · since 2025Brightspark VenturesMontreal · since 2014Crosslink CapitalSan Francisco · $1M – $9M checks · since 2014DataTribeFulton · $1M – $30M checks · since 2014Differential VenturesNew York · $250K – $3M checks · since 2014F-Prime CapitalCambridge · $3M – $10M checks · since 2014Francisco PartnersSan Francisco · since 2014General CatalystSan Francisco · $30M checks · since 2014Gradient VenturesSan Francisco · $100K – $10M checks · since 2025iGlobe PartnersSingapore · $600K – $6M checks · since 2014Khosla VenturesMenlo Park · $5K – $50M checks · since 2014New Enterprise Associates (NEA)Menlo Park · $200K – $40M checks · since 2014Oak Investment PartnersWilton · since 2014Structural CapitalMenlo Park · $10M – $50M checks · since 2014Volition CapitalBoston · $10M – $100M checks · since 2014Voyager CapitalSeattle · $1M – $4M checks · since 2025

Co-founders at Black Duck

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Doug LevinFounder
ADAart de Geus
Aart de GeusFounder

President and Chief Executive Officer at Synopsys

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Synopsys's investors · 1

Oak Investment PartnersWilton · since 2025

Co-founders at Synopsys

AJAart J. de Geus
Aart J. de GeusExecutive Chair of the Board of Directors

Experience

  1. Synopsys IncPresident and Chief Executive Officercurrent2024 — present
  2. Synopsys IncPresident and Chief Operating Officer2021 — 2024
  3. Synopsys IncChief Operating Officer2020 — 2024
  4. Synopsys IncGeneral Manager of Design Group2019 — 2020
  5. Synopsys IncSr. Vice President and co-General Manager of Design Group2016 — 2019
  6. Synopsys IncVice President, Sales and Corporate Marketing Group2011 — 2016

Skills & more

Enterprise Software2Cross-functional Team Leadership81Cloud Computing25Sales9Business Development26EDA19ASIC12Product Marketing9Start-ups11Business Alliances6SoC5Semiconductors45
+12 moreDirect SalesStrategic PartnershipsProduct ManagementICManufacturingGo-to-market StrategyApplication-Specific Integrated Circuits (ASIC)Integrated Circuits (IC)System on a Chip (SoC)StrategyManagementLeadership

Languages Arabic · English · French

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Who is Sassine Ghazi?
Sassine Ghazi is President and Chief Executive Officer of Synopsys Inc, a company providing electronic design automation, semiconductor IP, and simulation and analysis solutions. He has worked in the semiconductor industry for nearly three decades, including more than 25 years at Synopsys, holding leadership positions in engineering, product management, sales, and operations. He also serves as a board member at the company.
Where does Sassine Ghazi work?
Sassine Ghazi is President and Chief Executive Officer at Synopsys.
Where did Sassine Ghazi go to school?
Sassine Ghazi studied at Georgia Institute of Technology (Bachelor’s Degree, Electrical Engineering); University of Tennessee, Knoxville (Master of Science - MS, Electrical and Computer Engineering); Lebanese American University (Bachelor’s Degree, Business).

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