Shantanu Narayen

Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer

Preserving the status quo is not a winning strategy. As Adobe CEO, this core belief drove Shantanu and his leadership team’s successful transformation of Adobe, moving its creative software franchise from the desktop to the cloud, while creating and leading the explosive digital marketing category. He is passionate about building and empowering teams to drive product innovation and scale Adobe’s business globally, while advancing the company as a respected global brand and corporate citizen. Originally from Hyderabad, India, Shantanu has an undergraduate degree in electronics engineering, a master’s degree in computer science, and an MBA from UC Berkeley. He is a board member of Pfizer, and Vice Chairman of the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum, and was named one of the world’s best CEOs by Barron’s magazine in 2016, 2017 and 2018.

If Shantanu were not at Adobe, he would be a professional golfer.

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In the media

12/13/18 CNBC: Adobe CEO: 'We're the only comprehensive platform for B2B and B2C enterprises'

12/7/18 Barron's: How Subscriptions are Remaking Corporate America

12/4/18 MIT Management Review: Keywords for Digital Transformation

11/15/18 Fortune: Businessperson of the Year - #12 Adobe's Narayen

9/12/18 The Times of India: Q&A with Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen

9/24/18 CNBC: Microsoft, Adobe and SAP CEOs on Open Data Initiative

Shantanu Talks Experience Business at TiECon

At TiEcon, Shantanu Narayen took the stage to share his perspective on enterprise disruption and the dawn of the Experience Era. Dubbed the world’s largest conference for entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs, the event drew roughly 5,000 attendees to Silicon Valley to share ideas, inspiration and talk hot tech trends.