Shantanu Narayen
Shantanu Narayen is the chairman and chief executive officer of Adobe, Inc., having served as CEO since December 2007 and as chairman since 2017. He is best known for transforming Adobe from a desktop software company into a cloud-based subscription business, moving flagship products like Photoshop and Acrobat to the cloud and establishing Adobe's digital experience and marketing category. He holds five patents and previously held product development roles at Apple and Silicon Graphics, and co-founded the early photo-sharing startup Pictra. He announced in March 2026 that he would transition from the CEO role once a successor is named, while remaining as chair of the board.
“It's just Miro at scale, but with so much scale that it survives... Trading at a sub 10 times cash flow multiple”
Source→“Shantanu Narayen — Outgoing Adobe CEO, credited with steering Adobe successfully through the cloud transition previously, though criticized for the slow (year-long) succession decision”
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