Synaptics (SYNA) executive compensation, 2026 proxy

Rahul Patel, President and CEO, was paid $19.8M in fiscal 2026, up 931% from $1.9M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 127:1, on median employee pay of $155,890.

Filed
September 15, 2026
Annual meeting
October 27, 2026
Pay year
fiscal 2026
Named executives
5
CEO total pay
$19.8M+931% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
127:1median $155,890
CEO pay in equity
90%$17.8M in awards
Prior say-on-pay support
96%of votes cast
CEO target bonus
125%Maximum 200%
Non-CEO MSU cap
200%Fiscal 2026 maximum payout
Prior say-on-pay
96%Votes cast in favor
Additional shares requested
1.0 million sharesReduced from prior requests

How Patel was paid

$19.8M in total for fiscal 2026, as reported in the Summary Compensation Table. Equity awards are valued at grant, not at what they turned out to be worth.

Salary4%Stock awards90%Non-equity incentive6%All other compensation0%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Rahul PatelPresident and CEO$19,755,176
Ken RizviFormer Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and Former Interim CEO$5,102,713
Lisa BodensteinerSenior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary$4,342,750
Satish GanesanSenior Vice President and General Manager, Edge Interface & Sensing and Chief Strategy Officer$4,545,546
Vikram GuptaSenior Vice President and General Manager, Edge Compute & Connectivity and Chief Product Officer$4,756,203

What changed and why

  • $19.8M$19,755,176 was Rahul Patel’s 2026 total compensation, versus $1,916,893 in 2025.
  • $10M$17,790,286 of Patel’s 2026 compensation came from stock awards, including $10 million in annual long-term incentive equity.
  • 200%200% was the maximum payout for Fiscal 2026 MSUs, with non-CEO awards measured over two- and three-year periods.
  • $1.9M$1,850,000 was Patel’s one-time cash sign-on bonus, reported in Fiscal 2025.
  • 96%96% of votes cast supported the prior year’s say-on-pay proposal.
  • 76%76% of outstanding shares were represented by institutional stockholders contacted during Fiscal 2026 compensation engagement.

Other Synaptics proxy statements

About this page

The figures were read out of the DEF 14A proxy statement on EDGAR by a language model and every number was then checked against the filing text; a figure that could not be found there is left out rather than shown. Totals follow SEC rules, which value stock and option awards at grant. Read the filing for footnotes and the compensation committee's full reasoning.

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