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 U.S.-India Business Council, and was named one of the world’s best CEOs by Barron’s magazine in 2016.

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

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In the media

12/30/16 Investor's Business Daily – Adobe Systems CEO Touts 'Textbook Transition' To Cloud

12/28/16 Los Angeles Times – Photoshop is Hard to Learn. Adobe Thinks Artificial Intelligence Can Help

11/17/16 FOX Business – Adobe's New Program Will Change The Way You Can Tell A Story

11/3/16 CNBC – Adobe Working To Combine Art And Science

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.