$VRSN

James D. Bidzos

Verisign

Executive Chair, President & CEO • Since 1995 • Information Technology

📊 CEO Reputation Score

FY2025 vs FY2024 · Source: SEC EDGAR filings

56/100

Blend of this company's year-over-year free-cash-flow and profit improvement, each ranked as a percentile against every scored company in the three indexes.

Free cash flow: $874M → $1.1B (+22.2% YoY) — fiscal 2025 vs fiscal 2024
Profit (net income): $786M → $826M (+5.1% YoY) — fiscal 2025 vs fiscal 2024

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Overview

James D. Bidzos is the executive chair, president & ceo of Verisign since 1995. Verisign is a Information Technology company headquartered in Reston, Virginia, founded in 1995, and one of the 500 companies in the S&P 500 — every one of which is profiled on this site.

Leadership

James holds the chief executive role at Verisign with the title Executive Chair, President & CEO — in post since 1995. This page is the concise leadership record for Verisign in the S&P 500 CEO index; the site's fully researched long-form profiles (career timelines, education, achievements, setbacks, philosophy and sourced quotes) currently cover the index's ten largest companies, and this entry will be expanded in the same format.

At a Glance

Sector: Information Technology
Ticker: $VRSN
Headquarters: Reston, Virginia
Founded: 1995
CEO since: 1995
Index: S&P 500 (#465 of 500)