V
Velarion™Intelligence
Sign InFree TrialBook a Walkthrough
Tech — Hardware

Cirrus Logic Executive Compensation (FY26)

CRUS · Austin, TX · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2026
Data as of September 7, 2026Latest filing (8-K): August 3, 2026
387 figures on this page: 376 cited to the filing that reported them, 11 calculated from figures it prints. See the citations
Total compensation for John Forsyth, President and Chief Executive Officer, came to $10,769,395 in fiscal 2026, and Forsyth's total was 9.3% higher than the $9,852,387 reported for fiscal 2025. Shareholders supported the say-on-pay proposal with 95.7% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held July 31, 2026 for fiscal 2026. The disclosed peer group names Allegro Microsystems, Inc., Diodes Incorporated, Entegris, Inc., First Solar, Inc. and FormFactor, Inc., among others. The fiscal 2026 disclosure covers 5 named executive officers.
Chief executive, fiscal 2026
◇
John Forsyth
Latest say-on-pay support
=
July 31, 2026
What changed from fiscal 2025 to fiscal 2026
The figures that moved, and by how much. Analysis of these figures is part of the Velarion platform.
Chief executive total compensation — John Forsyth: $9,852,387 → $10,769,395 (9.3% higher)

Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Cirrus Logic's chief executive and what were they paid?
Total compensation for John Forsyth, President and Chief Executive Officer, came to $10,769,395 in fiscal 2026. Forsyth's total was 9.3% higher than the $9,852,387 reported for fiscal 2025.
What was Cirrus Logic's say-on-pay result?
Shareholders supported the say-on-pay proposal with 95.7% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held July 31, 2026 for fiscal 2026.
Which companies are in Cirrus Logic's peer group?
The disclosed peer group names Allegro Microsystems, Inc., Diodes Incorporated, Entegris, Inc., First Solar, Inc. and FormFactor, Inc., among others.

Executive compensation

Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2022
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
John Forsyth
President and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Venk Nathamuni
Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer
◇◇◇◇◇—◇◇
Denise Grod
Chief Human Resources Officer
◇◇◇◇◇—◇◇
Gregory Thomas
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Jeffrey Baumgartner
Vice President, Research and Development
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Thurman Case
Former Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer
◇———◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2023
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Venkatesh Nathamuni
Chief Financial Officer
◇◇◇◇◇—◇◇
Denise Grod
Chief Human Resources Officer
◇◇◇◇◇—◇◇
Gregory Thomas
Senior Vice President, General Counsel
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Jeffrey Baumgartner
Vice President, Research and Development
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Justin Dougherty
Senior Vice President, Global Operations
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Thurman Case
Former Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇—————◇◇
Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
John Forsyth
President and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Venk Nathamuni
Former Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Gregory Thomas
Executive Vice President, General Counsel
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Justin Dougherty
Executive Vice President, Global Operations
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
John Forsyth
President and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Jeff Woolard
Chief Financial Officer
◇◇◇—◇—◇◇
Gregory Thomas
Executive Vice President, General Counsel
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Carl Alberty
Executive Vice President, Mixed Signal Products
◇◇◇—◇—◇◇
Justin Dougherty
Executive Vice President, Global Operations
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Ulf Habermann
Former Interim CFO, Principal Accounting Officer
Departed during or after this year
Served on an interim basis
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Venk Nathamuni
Former Chief Financial Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇—————◇◇
Fiscal 2026
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
John Forsyth
President and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Jeff Woolard
Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Gregory Thomas
Executive Vice President, General Counsel
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Justin Dougherty
Executive Vice President, Global Operations
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Carl Alberty
Executive Vice President, Mixed-Signal Products
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. A negative change in pension value is shown but, as the company reports it, not included in the total.

Equity awards granted

Individual awards as disclosed: type, date, unit counts at each level, and grant date value.
Fiscal 2026
OfficerAwardGrant dateThreshold unitsTarget unitsUnits grantedMaximum unitsExercise priceGrant date fair value
Carl J. AlbertyRSU◇——◇——◇
Carl J. AlbertyMSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Gregory S. ThomasRSU◇——◇——◇
Gregory S. ThomasMSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Jeff WoolardRSU◇——◇——◇
Jeff WoolardMSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Jeff WoolardPSU◇◇◇◇◇—◇
Jeff WoolardRSU◇——◇——◇
Jeff WoolardPSU◇◇◇◇◇—◇
John M. ForsythMSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
John M. ForsythRSU◇——◇——◇
Justin DoughertyMSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Justin DoughertyRSU◇——◇——◇
Fiscal 2023, 2024, 2025 are included in the PDF.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. Threshold, target and maximum apply only to performance awards and are never shown for time-based or option awards.

Outstanding awards

Awards still held at fiscal year end.
As disclosed at fiscal 2026 year end
OfficerAwardUnvested unitsMarket value of unvested unitsExercise priceExpires
Justin DoughertyRSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇—
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇—
Carl AlbertyRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇—
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇—
Gregory ThomasOption◇—◇—
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇—
John ForsythOption◇—◇—
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇—
Jeff WoolardRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Severance and change in control

The terms as written in the agreements.
Gregory Thomas
Executive Vice President, General Counsel · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2025 filing
Severance multiple◇
Severance base◇
Change-in-control multiple◇
Benefits continuation on change in control◇
Benefits continuation◇
Justin Dougherty
Executive Vice President, Global Operations · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2025 filing
Severance multiple◇
Severance base◇
Change-in-control multiple◇
Benefits continuation on change in control◇
Benefits continuation◇
Carl Alberty
Executive Vice President, Mixed-Signal Products · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2025 filing
Severance multiple◇
Severance base◇
Change-in-control multiple◇
Benefits continuation on change in control◇
Benefits continuation◇

Director compensation

What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2026
DirectorFees earned in cashStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
David Tupman
—◇———◇◇
David J. Tupman
Board chair
◇◇————◇
Alexander Davern
—◇———◇◇
Alexander M. Davern
◇◇————◇
Duy-Loan Le
◇◇————◇
Catherine Lego
—◇———◇◇
Catherine P. Lego
◇◇————◇
Raghib Hussain
◇◇————◇
William Mosley
—◇———◇◇
William D. Mosley
◇◇————◇
John Forsyth and John M. Forsyth served on the board in fiscal 2026 and received no compensation for board service. Executive directors are typically paid through their executive roles, shown above.
Earlier years are included in the PDF.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Director fee schedule

The standing retainers and premiums the board pays, as published.
Board cash retainer◇
Total board retainer◇
Board chair premium◇
Lead independent director premium◇
Audit committee chair◇
Audit committee member◇
Compensation committee chair◇
Compensation committee member◇
Stock ownership guideline: Our CEO, non-employee directors, and executive officers of the Company are obligated to meet certain stock ownership guidelines that require accumulation and maintenance of a prescribed value or number of shares of our common stock.

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2026
  • Allegro Microsystems, Inc. ALGM
  • Diodes Incorporated DIOD
  • Entegris, Inc. ENTG
  • First Solar, Inc. FSLR
  • FormFactor, Inc. FORM
  • Knowles Corporation KN
  • Lattice Semiconductor Corporation LSCC
  • MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc. MTSI
  • MaxLinear, Inc. MXL
  • Microchip Technology Inc. MCHP
  • Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. MPWR
  • Penguin Solutions, Inc. PENG
  • Power Integrations, Inc. POWI
  • Qorvo, Inc. QRVO
  • Semtech Corp. SMTC
  • Silicon Laboratories, Inc. SLAB
  • Skyworks Solutions, Inc. SWKS
  • Synaptics Incorporated SYNA

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2026July 31, 2026=◇◇◇
2025July 29, 2025=◇◇◇
2024July 26, 2024=◇◇◇
2023July 28, 2023=◇◇◇
2022July 29, 2022=◇◇◇
2021July 30, 2021=◇◇◇
2020July 31, 2020=◇◇◇
2019August 2, 2019=◇◇◇
2018August 3, 2018=◇◇◇
2017July 28, 2017=◇◇◇
2016July 26, 2016=◇◇◇
Email me this page as a cited PDF
The same figures, the same citations, formatted to hand to a committee. Nothing is added that is not on this page.
Your address is used for this and nothing else. Unsubscribe in one click.
Tell me when Cirrus Logic files
You get a note when this company’s compensation data changes.
Your address is used for this and nothing else. Unsubscribe in one click.

What this page does not include

Everything above is a fact Cirrus Logic disclosed, and it is free. Everything below is our analysis of those facts, and it is not.
Peer benchmarking
Where Cirrus Logic sits against its disclosed peers — percentile position by role and by pay element, and the ranking behind it. The disclosed peer group is free; comparisons across it are part of the Velarion platform.
Executive Compensation Report — $1,500
Written compensation analysis
A read of the pay program as designed and as paid: incentive structure, goal rigor, the alignment between the committee's stated philosophy and what the numbers show.
Executive Compensation Report — $1,500
Board and governance analysis
Committee composition, independence, director pay positioning, and the governance provisions read together rather than listed.
Board Governance Report — $1,200
Realizable pay
What the awards above are actually worth today against what they were valued at on grant, and what the gap says about the pay-for-performance link.
Velarion Intelligence
Adviser switching and vote outcomes
Two datasets covering compensation-adviser changes and what followed a contested vote. Both are part of the Velarion platform.
Enquire about access
Multiple companies at once
Cross-company views, cohort screens, and data export across the industries we cover. This page is one company; the platform is all of them.
Velarion Intelligence
Join the list for a Velarion Pro seat
Full platform access for one person: every industry we cover, peer positioning, and the written analysis. We will email you when it opens.
Your address is used for this and nothing else. Unsubscribe in one click.
Join the list for Peer Group Review
Whether Cirrus Logic's disclosed peer group is defensible, who names Cirrus Logic back in their own benchmarking group, and how pay tracks performance across it. This is the analysis a compensation consultant delivers on the group above. We will email you when it opens.
Your address is used for this and nothing else. Unsubscribe in one click.

Citations

Every figure on this page is cited to the document that reported it. Select any figure to see its citation.
387 figures on this page: 376 cited to the filing that reported them, 11 calculated from figures it prints.
376 cited to the filing
11 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0000772406-26-000031
  2. 0000772406-26-000024
    DIRECTOR COMPENSATION TABLE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026 · Director Compensation Retainers · Fiscal Year 2026 Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End Table · Fiscal Year 2026 Summary Compensation Table · and 1 more section
  3. 0000772406-25-000027
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  4. 0000772406-25-000019
    Compensation Discussion and Analysis · Fiscal Year 2025 Summary Compensation Table
  5. 0000772406-24-000050
  6. 0000772406-24-000041
    Fiscal Year 2024 Summary Compensation Table · Summary Compensation Table
  7. 0000772406-23-000041
  8. 0000772406-23-000029
    Executive Compensation Tables · Fiscal Year 2023 Summary Compensation Table · Summary Compensation Table
  9. 0000772406-22-000025
  10. 0000772406-21-000033
  11. 0000772406-20-000032
  12. 0000772406-19-000028
  13. 0001157523-18-001728
  14. 0001157523-17-002232
  15. 0001157523-16-006243
Cite this data
This page is free to cite. Attribution we ask for:
Velarion, “Cirrus Logic executive compensation, FY2022–FY2026.” https://intel.velarion.ai/comp/CRUS (accessed 2026).
Short form: data: Velarion
Embed this data
A small, cited view of this data for your own page or newsletter. Every embed carries a visible link back here, so the attribution travels with it.
The headline figures, each with its citation.
Connect an AI assistant
Ask your own assistant about Cirrus Logic and roughly 3,000 other US public companies, and get back the same figures on this page with the same citations. Free read access, no account. Add this to your assistant's connector settings.
Setup guide and the full list of questions it answers

Tech — Hardware rankings

Chief executive pay — Tech — HardwareCEO pay ratio — Tech — HardwareSay-on-pay support — Tech — Hardware

Peers Cirrus Logic discloses

The companies named in CRUS's own disclosed peer group.

Allegro Microsystems, Inc.Diodes IncorporatedFirst Solar, Inc.FormFactor, Inc.Lattice Semiconductor CorporationMACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc.MaxLinear, Inc.Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.Penguin Solutions, Inc.Power Integrations, Inc.Qorvo, Inc.Semtech Corp.Silicon Laboratories, Inc.Skyworks Solutions, Inc.Synaptics Incorporated

Terms on this page

Say-on-Pay VoteCEO Pay RatioMedian Employee CompensationAll companies
Cite this data
APA
Velarion Company Intelligence. (2026). Velarion database: executive and board compensation data (Version 2026Q3) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854
BibTeX
@misc{velarionData2026,
  author = {{Velarion Company Intelligence}},
  title = {Velarion database: executive and board compensation data},
  year = {2026},
  version = {2026Q3},
  doi = {10.5281/zenodo.22283854},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854}
}
For informational purposes only. Not investment, legal, or compensation advice.  The Pay Desk · Methodology · Terms · Privacy