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Adobe announced on 3 September 2026 that Anil Chakravarthy will become its President and Chief Executive Officer with effect from 1 December 2026.
He succeeds Shantanu Narayen, who moves to the role of executive chair after 18 years as CEO.
Chakravarthy will also join Adobe's Board of Directors.
He joined Adobe in January 2020 and was earlier Chief Executive Officer of Informatica for four years.
He holds a B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering from the Institute of Technology, Varanasi, and an MS and PhD from MIT.
McKinsey and Company, rising to co-lead the E-Business Practice in the Silicon Valley Business Technology Office
Led product management for Enterprise Security Services at VeriSign
Leadership roles at Symantec, latterly as Executive Vice President of Information Security
Joined Informatica as Executive Vice President
Chief Executive Officer of Informatica, leading its shift to cloud and subscription services
Joined Adobe as Executive Vice President and General Manager of the Digital Experience business
Additionally took charge of Adobe's worldwide field operations for enterprise customers
Promoted to President, Digital Experience and worldwide field operations
Becomes President and Chief Executive Officer of Adobe
American software company known for Photoshop, Acrobat and the PDF format, and for its Digital Experience and Creative Cloud businesses
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A board chairperson who retains an executive role in the company; Shantanu Narayen takes this position on handing over as CEO.
Software for managing an organisation's data across cloud systems, the business Informatica is in and the field Chakravarthy led there.
Adobe's enterprise marketing and customer-data software division, which Chakravarthy joined the company to run in 2020.