Intuitive Surgical, Inc. ·ISRG

CEO transition left a compact, operator-heavy executive team

Q: Who is the CEO of Intuitive Surgical?

David J. Rosa has served as Chief Executive Officer since July 1, 2025, following his promotion from President.

Q: What type of organizational structure does Intuitive Surgical use?

Intuitive uses a hybrid functional structure with centralized operating control and no divisional presidents.

Q: How many direct reports does Intuitive Surgical's CEO have?

The CEO has seven direct reports, primarily functional executives.

Q: How has Intuitive Surgical's leadership changed recently?

In 2025, David Rosa became CEO and Gary Guthart moved to Executive Chair; digital leadership was restructured in early 2026.

Q: Does Intuitive Surgical have a COO?

No. Intuitive does not currently have a Chief Operating Officer; operations report directly to the CEO.

Health Care · Fortune #459 · Hybrid structure · 16K employees · Sunnyvale, California

View as of:

CEO span

↓ tighter than peers (avg 10)

2.6

Avg span

moderate

Max depth

3 levels

3.4 yr

Avg tenure

stable vs FY2024

57%

Internal hires

near industry avg

Consolidated financials FY2025 · period end 2025-12-31 · 10-K

Revenue

$10.1B

Operating income

$2.9B

Net income

$2.9B

Total assets

$20.5B

Shares out

355M

Sourced from Intuitive Surgical, Inc. DEF 14A · filed 2026-03-13 ↗ View on SEC

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Intuitive Surgical, Inc. organizational chart

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CEO transition left a compact, operator‑heavy executive team. This page maps Intuitive Surgical’s post‑2025 structure, detailing the CEO’s direct reports, functional leadership model, recent changes, and how the company compares with med‑tech peers.

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Latest signal David J. Rosa moved into Chief Executive Officer

Promoted from President to CEO effective July 1, 2025.

Source · See change log

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The people

Who's running this

8 executives identified as Named Executive Officers in the most recent SEC proxy. Bar length scales with tenure.

internal

David J. Rosa

Chief Executive Officer

Executive

1 yr

20 reports

Jamie E. Samath

Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

Finance

4 yr

2 reports

Henry L. Charlton

Executive Vice President & Chief Commercial and Marketing Officer

Commercial

5 yr

3 reports

Mark P. Brosius

Senior Vice President & Chief Manufacturing and Supply Chain Officer

Operations

2 yr

3 reports

Gary H. Loeb

Executive Vice President & Chief Legal and Compliance Officer

Legal

3 yr

2 reports

Patricia L. Wadors

Chief Human Resources Officer

4 yr

2 reports

Iman Jeddi

Chief Information Officer

3 yr

1 reports

internal

Gary S. Guthart

Executive Chair of the Board

Board

1 yr

0 reports

The pay

Executive compensation

From the most recent DEF 14A Summary Compensation Table. 6 named executive officers disclosed. Bar length scales with total compensation.

David J. Rosa $21.0M

Base salary: $859K
Bonus: $90K
Stock awards: $18.67M
Option awards: $1.37M
Fiscal year: FY2025
Source: SEC DEF 14A ↗

Gary S. Guthart $18.1M

Base salary: $866K
Bonus: $388K
Stock awards: $15.95M
Option awards: $886K
Fiscal year: FY2025
Source: SEC DEF 14A ↗

Jamie E. Samath $8.4M

Base salary: $683K
Bonus: $12K
Stock awards: $6.91M
Option awards: $787K
Fiscal year: FY2025
Source: SEC DEF 14A ↗

Henry L. Charlton $6.2M

Base salary: $670K
Bonus: $12K
Stock awards: $4.79M
Option awards: $772K
Fiscal year: FY2025
Source: SEC DEF 14A ↗

Gary H. Loeb $5.6M

Base salary: $615K
Bonus: $12K
Stock awards: $4.25M
Option awards: $708K
Fiscal year: FY2025
Source: SEC DEF 14A ↗

Mark P. Brosius $5.5M

Base salary: $534K
Bonus: $22K
Stock awards: $4.52M
Option awards: $462K
Fiscal year: FY2025
Source: SEC DEF 14A ↗

The skin in the game

Beneficial ownership

Insider stock holdings and the company's ownership requirements for executives and directors. Disclosed in the most recent DEF 14A.

Stock ownership requirements

5×CEO base salary

3×NEO base salary

5×Director cash retainer

Stock ownership guidelines require multiples of base salary or retainer.

Holder	Shares	% of class
David J. Rosa	439K	<1%
Gary S. Guthart	1.51M	<1%
Jamie E. Samath	26K	<1%
Henry L. Charlton	38K	<1%
Gary H. Loeb	18K	<1%
Mark P. Brosius	75K	<1%

The businesses

How Intuitive Surgical, Inc. divides the work

5 divisions report into the group CEO. Tile size scales with estimated headcount.

Commercial & Marketing

4K employees

EVP, Chief Commercial and Marketing Officer (Henry L. Charlton)

Global sales, marketing, and customer engagement for da Vinci and Ion platforms.

Manufacturing & Supply Chain

5K employees

SVP, Chief Manufacturing and Supply Chain Officer (Mark P. Brosius)

End‑to‑end manufacturing, sourcing, and quality operations worldwide.

Finance

800 employees

EVP, Chief Financial Officer (Jamie E. Samath)

Financial planning, accounting, treasury, and investor relations.

Legal & Compliance

300 employees

EVP, Chief Legal and Compliance Officer (Gary H. Loeb)

Corporate governance, regulatory compliance, and litigation management.

Human Resources

400 employees

Chief Human Resources Officer (Patricia L. Wadors)

Talent management, culture, and organizational development.

The thesis

Why this org is unusual

The most distinctive feature is the post‑2025 CEO transition that produced a compact executive team with no standalone COO.

David J. Rosa’s direct reports concentrate core operating authority in functional leaders rather than divisional presidents. Manufacturing, commercial, finance, legal, HR, and IT all report directly to the CEO, reinforcing tight control over execution and margins.

The structure reflects Intuitive’s engineering‑led culture and long internal tenure, with several leaders promoted from within. The shift of the former CEO to Executive Chair preserves institutional memory while keeping day‑to‑day control with a first‑time CEO. Digital and AI leadership was deliberately moved one layer down in 2026, signaling integration into IT rather than a parallel power center.

No COO role
Digital/AI moved below C‑suite in 2026
Executive Chair retains strategic oversight

The comparison

How Intuitive Surgical, Inc. stacks up

Compared with large medical‑technology peers, Intuitive operates with fewer C‑suite roles and a flatter span. Companies like Medtronic and Abbott typically add COOs or segment presidents with P&L authority, increasing depth. Intuitive instead keeps segment economics centralized, similar to Stryker’s more …

C-suite size

Intuitive Surgical, Inc.

Medtronic

Abbott Laboratories

Stryker

GE HealthCare

Siemens Healthineers

Reporting depth

Intuitive Surgical, Inc.

3 levels

Medtronic

5 levels

Abbott Laboratories

5 levels

Stryker

4 levels

GE HealthCare

5 levels

Siemens Healthineers

6 levels

Avg C-suite tenure

Intuitive Surgical, Inc.

3 yr

Medtronic

4 yr

Abbott Laboratories

6 yr

Stryker

5 yr

GE HealthCare

3 yr

Siemens Healthineers

4 yr

Has COO / Has CAIO

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. — no COO — no CAIO

Medtronic ✓ COO — no CAIO

Abbott Laboratories ✓ COO — no CAIO

Stryker — no COO — no CAIO

GE HealthCare ✓ COO ✓ CAIO

Siemens Healthineers ✓ COO ✓ CAIO

Current signals

What changed recently

The most consequential change was the July 2025 CEO transition elevating David Rosa and shifting Gary Guthart to Executive Chair.

Jul 1, 2025 promoted
David J. Rosa Chief Executive Officer
Promoted from President to CEO effective July 1, 2025.
Source
Jul 1, 2025 reorg
Gary S. Guthart Executive Chair of the Board
Stepped down as CEO and assumed Executive Chair role effective July 1, 2025.
Source
Date not confirmed reorg
Brian E. Miller Head of Digital and AI Strategy
Transitioned from Chief Digital Officer; role moved below CEO effective Jan 1, 2026.
Source

Leadership Timeline

Year-over-year executive structure based on SEC proxy and annual filings.

FY2025

DEF 14A filed 2026-03-13

CEO: David J. Rosa
CEO span: 7
C-suite: 6
Avg tenure: 3.4 yr

First year reflecting the CEO transition and separation of Chair and CEO roles.

Named executive officers (6)

David J. Rosa - Chief Executive Officer since 2025
Gary S. Guthart - Executive Chair since 2025
Jamie E. Samath - EVP & CFO since 2018
Henry L. Charlton - EVP & CCO since 2019
Gary H. Loeb - EVP & CLO since 2022
Mark P. Brosius - SVP Manufacturing since 2023

FY2024

DEF 14A filed 2025-03-14

CEO: Gary S. Guthart
CEO span: 8
C-suite: 6
Avg tenure: 4.1 yr

CEO and Chair roles were combined under Guthart.

Named executive officers (6)

Gary S. Guthart - Chief Executive Officer since 2010
David J. Rosa - President since 2023
Jamie E. Samath - EVP & CFO since 2018
Henry L. Charlton - EVP & CCO since 2019
Gary H. Loeb - EVP & CLO since 2022
Mark P. Brosius - SVP Manufacturing since 2023

FY2023

DEF 14A filed 2024-03-15

CEO: Gary S. Guthart
CEO span: 8
C-suite: 6
Avg tenure: 4.8 yr

Stable leadership with long‑tenured CEO.

Named executive officers (6)

Gary S. Guthart - Chief Executive Officer since 2010
Jamie E. Samath - EVP & CFO since 2018
Henry L. Charlton - EVP & CCO since 2019
Gary H. Loeb - EVP & CLO since 2022
Mark P. Brosius - SVP Manufacturing since 2023
Patricia L. Wadors - CHRO since 2021

Year-over-year changes

FY2023 → FY2024

Leadership remained stable with no major C‑suite changes.

CEO span: 8 → 8
C-suite size: 6 → 6
Avg tenure: 4.8 → 4.1 yr

FY2024 → FY2025

2025 reflects the CEO transition and separation of Chair and CEO roles.

CEO span: 8 → 7
C-suite size: 6 → 6
Avg tenure: 4.1 → 3.4 yr

promoted David J. Rosa - Chief Executive Officer (was President) (DEF 14A filed 2026-03-13)
retitled Gary S. Guthart - Executive Chair (was Chief Executive Officer) (DEF 14A filed 2026-03-13)

The board

Board of directors

10 directors. 9 of 10 independent (90%). Source: most recent DEF 14A.

Gary S. Guthart

Chair Inside

Executive Chair, Intuitive Surgical

Director since 1996

Craig H. Barratt

Lead Indep. Independent

Technology Executive

Director since 2011

Joseph C. Beery

Independent

Executive

Lewis Chew

Independent

CFO, RingCentral

Amal M. Johnson

Independent

Executive

Sreelakshmi Kolli

Independent

Technology Executive

Amy L. Ladd

Independent

Physician Executive

Keith R. Leonard

Independent

Executive

Jami Dover Nachtsheim

Independent

Executive

Monica P. Reed

Independent

Physician Executive

The board, organized

Board committees

3 standing committees. Audit and Compensation must be 100% independent under SEC rules; the rest vary.

Audit Committee

100% independent

Joseph C. Beery Chair
Lewis Chew
Amal M. Johnson

Compensation Committee

100% independent

Lewis Chew Chair
Sreelakshmi Kolli
Keith R. Leonard

Governance and Nominating Committee

100% independent

Craig H. Barratt Chair
Amy L. Ladd
Jami Dover Nachtsheim

Frequently Asked Questions

Who is the CEO of Intuitive Surgical?

David J. Rosa has served as Chief Executive Officer since July 1, 2025, following his promotion from President.

What type of organizational structure does Intuitive Surgical use?

Intuitive uses a hybrid functional structure with centralized operating control and no divisional presidents.

How many direct reports does Intuitive Surgical's CEO have?

The CEO has seven direct reports, primarily functional executives.

How has Intuitive Surgical's leadership changed recently?

In 2025, David Rosa became CEO and Gary Guthart moved to Executive Chair; digital leadership was restructured in early 2026.

Does Intuitive Surgical have a COO?

No. Intuitive does not currently have a Chief Operating Officer; operations report directly to the CEO.

Sources

8-K Filing, May 15, 2025
8-K Filing, Dec 18, 2025
SEC EDGAR: Intuitive Surgical, Inc. DEF 14A Proxy Statement
SEC EDGAR: Intuitive Surgical, Inc. 10-K Annual Report

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