Aart J. de Geus is the Founder, Chairman and CEO of Synopsys, Inc..

From the Synopsys website... since co-founding Synopsys in 1986, Dr. Aart de Geus has expanded Synopsys from a start-up synthesis enterprise to a world leader in electronic design automation (EDA). As a technology visionary, he is frequently asked to speak on topics related to the electronics industry. As one of the leading experts on logic simulation and logic synthesis, Dr. de Geus was made a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in January 1999. He was also honored for pioneering the commercial logic synthesis market by being named the third recipient ever to receive the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society Industrial Pioneer Award.

In 2002, shortly after transacting the largest merger in EDA history, Dr. de Geus was named CEO of the Year by Electronic Business magazine; and in 2004, Entrepreneur of the Year in IT for Northern California by Ernst & Young. In November 2005, Electronic Business magazine chose Dr. de Geus as one of “ 10 Most Influential Executives.” Dr. de Geus is known to readily take to the stage to play jazz piano and blues guitar with his house band the "Blues Compiler". Fluent in five languages, the Dutch-born, Swiss educated citizen of the world has become perhaps most adept in the language he's had to teach himself: the language of business.