Aart J. de Geus (born June 11, 1954) is the co-founder, chairman and co-CEO of

Synopsys Synopsys is an American electronic design automation (EDA) company that focuses on silicon design and verification, silicon intellectual property and software security and quality. Products include tools for logic synthesis and physical design ...

Inc. De Geus graduated with a master's degree in electrical engineering (1978) from the

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(Swiss Federal Institute of technology), EPFL, Switzerland followed by a Ph.D. from

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, United States, in 1985. De Geus was elected a member of the

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in 2019 for leadership and technical contributions to logic synthesis for integrated circuits. He is also a

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and a

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winner.

Recognition and awards

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'' magazine chose De Geus as one of "The 10 Most Influential Executives" of 2002. He was honored for pioneering the commercial

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market, becoming the third recipient of the

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Industrial Pioneer Award. Also in 2002, shortly after handling the largest merger in

electronic design automation Electronic design automation (EDA), also referred to as electronic computer-aided design (ECAD), is a category of software tools for designing Electronics, electronic systems such as integrated circuits and printed circuit boards. The tools wo ...

history, De Geus was named CEO of the Year by Electronic Business magazine. In 2004 he was named Entrepreneur of the Year in IT for

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. De Geus is the recipient of the 2007 IEEE Robert N. Noyce Medal For contributions to, and leadership in, the technology and business development of the Electronic Design Automation. He was awarded in 2008

for distinguished contributions to electronic design automation.

References

Aart de Geus: At the Heart of High-Tech
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