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Synaptics Executive Compensation (FY26)

SYNA · San Jose, CA · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2026
Chief executive, fiscal 2026
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Rahul Patel
Latest say-on-pay support
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October 28, 2025
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What changed from fiscal 2025 to fiscal 2026
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Chief executive total compensation — Rahul Patel: $1,916,893 → $19,755,176

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Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Synaptics' chief executive and what were they paid?
Rahul Patel, President and CEO, received $19,755,176 in total compensation for fiscal 2026. Patel's total was up from the $1,916,893 reported for fiscal 2025.
What was Synaptics' say-on-pay result?
For fiscal 2025, shareholders backed the say-on-pay proposal with 96.0% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held October 28, 2025.
Which companies are in Synaptics' peer group?
The disclosed peer group names Ambarella, Inc., Cirrus Logic Inc., Diodes Incorporated, Lattice Semiconductor Corporation and Lumentum Holdings 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
Michael Hurlston
President and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2023
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Michael Hurlston
President and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Dean Butler
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Saleel Awsare
Senior Vice President and General Manager, PC and Peripherals Division
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Craig Stein
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Mobile and IoT Division
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
John McFarland
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Michael Hurlston
Former CEO
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Dean Butler
Former Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇———◇◇
Vikram Gupta
Senior Vice President and General Manager, IoT Processors, and Chief Product Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Saleel Awsare
Former Senior Vice President and General Manager, PC & Peripherals Division
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇———◇◇
Lisa Bodensteiner
Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Satish Ganesan
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Intelligent Sensing Division, and Chief Strategy Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Michael Hurlston
Former President and Chief Executive Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇———◇◇
Ken Rizvi
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and Interim CEO
Served on an interim basis
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Vikram Gupta
Senior Vice President and General Manager, IoT Processors, and Chief Product Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Satish Ganesan
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Intelligent Sensing Division, and Chief Strategy Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Lisa Bodensteiner
Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Rahul Patel
President and CEO
◇◇————◇◇
Fiscal 2026
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Rahul Patel
President and CEO
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Ken Rizvi
Former Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and Former Interim CEO
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Vikram Gupta
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Edge Compute & Connectivity and Chief Product Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Satish Ganesan
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Edge Interface & Sensing and Chief Strategy Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Lisa Bodensteiner
Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
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
Ken RizviRSU◇——◇——◇
Ken RizviPSU◇—◇—◇—◇
Ken RizviPSU◇—◇—◇—◇
Lisa BodensteinerRSU◇——◇——◇
Lisa BodensteinerPSU◇—◇—◇—◇
Lisa BodensteinerPSU◇—◇—◇—◇
Rahul PatelPSU◇—◇—◇—◇
Rahul PatelPSU◇—◇—◇—◇
Rahul PatelRSU◇——◇——◇
Rahul PatelRSU◇——◇——◇
Satish GanesanRSU◇——◇——◇
Satish GanesanPSU◇—◇—◇—◇
Satish GanesanPSU◇—◇—◇—◇
Vikram GuptaPSU◇—◇—◇—◇
Vikram GuptaRSU◇——◇——◇
Vikram GuptaPSU◇—◇—◇—◇
Fiscal 2022, 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
Satish GanesanRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Vikram GuptaRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Lisa BodensteinerRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
Ken RizviRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Rahul PatelRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Director compensation

What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2026
DirectorFees earned in cashStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Nelson C. Chan
Board chair
◇◇————◇
Susan J. Hardman
◇◇————◇
Jeffrey D. Buchanan
◇◇————◇
Patricia Kummrow
◇◇————◇
Vivie Lee
◇◇————◇
James L. Whims
◇◇————◇
Keith B. Geeslin
◇◇————◇
Venkatesh Nathamuni
◇◇————◇
Mr. Patel 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◇
Board equity retainer◇
Total board retainer◇
Board chair premium◇
Audit committee chair◇
Audit committee member◇
Compensation committee chair◇
Compensation committee member◇
Nominating and governance chair◇
Nominating and governance member◇
Equity is delivered as restricted stock units.

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2026
  • Ambarella, Inc. AMBA
  • Cirrus Logic Inc. CRUS
  • Diodes Incorporated DIOD
  • Lattice Semiconductor Corporation LSCC
  • Lumentum Holdings Inc. LITE
  • MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc. MTSI
  • Marvell Technology, Inc. MRVL
  • MaxLinear, Inc. MXL
  • MKS Instruments MKSI
  • Monolithic Power Systems Inc. MPWR
  • ON Semiconductor Corporation ON
  • Power Integrations, Inc. POWI
  • Qorvo, Inc. QRVO
  • Semtech Corporation SMTC
  • Silicon Laboratories Inc. SLAB
  • Skyworks Solutions, Inc. SWKS
  • Universal Display Corporation OLED
  • Wolfspeed, Inc. WOLF

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2025October 28, 2025=◇◇◇
2024October 29, 2024=◇◇◇
2023October 24, 2023=◇◇◇
2022October 25, 2022=◇◇◇
2021October 26, 2021=◇◇◇
2020October 27, 2020=◇◇◇
2019October 29, 2019=◇◇◇
2018October 30, 2018=◇◇◇
2017October 31, 2017=◇◇◇
2016October 25, 2016=◇◇◇

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327 figures on this page: 317 cited to the filing that reported them, 10 calculated from figures it prints.
317 cited to the filing
10 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0000817720-26-000075
    Director Compensation · Grants of Plan-Based Awards — Fiscal 202 · Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal 202 · Summary Compensation Table — Fiscal Years 202
  2. 0000817720-25-000092
  3. 0000817720-25-000083
    Summary Compensation Table — Fiscal Years 202
  4. 0001628280-24-044604
  5. 0001193125-24-217354
    SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE — FISCAL YEARS 2022, 2023 AND 2024 · Summary Compensation Table
  6. 0001193125-23-264071
  7. 0001193125-23-228528
    SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE — FISCAL YEARS 2021, 2022 AND 2023
  8. 0001193125-22-271047
  9. 0001193125-21-311462
  10. 0001193125-20-281023
  11. 0001193125-19-280442
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  12. 0001193125-18-315717
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  13. 0001193125-17-331825
  14. 0001193125-16-751582
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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Peers Synaptics discloses

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

Ambarella, Inc.Cirrus Logic Inc.Diodes IncorporatedLattice Semiconductor CorporationLumentum Holdings Inc.MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc.Marvell Technology, Inc.MaxLinear, Inc.MKS InstrumentsMonolithic Power Systems Inc.ON Semiconductor CorporationPower Integrations, Inc.Qorvo, Inc.Semtech CorporationSilicon Laboratories Inc.Skyworks Solutions, Inc.Universal Display CorporationWolfspeed, Inc.

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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}
}
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