Adobe names Anil Chakravarthy CEO from Dec 1 as Narayen becomes executive chair
Adobe's board picked Anil Chakravarthy, head of its Customer Experience Orchestration business, to succeed Shantanu Narayen as CEO on Dec 1, 2026. Narayen becomes executive chair, ending a search that began in March.
Adobe's board picked Anil Chakravarthy, head of its Customer Experience Orchestration business, to succeed Shantanu Narayen as CEO on Dec 1, 2026. Narayen becomes executive chair, ending a search that began in March. (Adobe 8-K; RTTNews via Nasdaq; Bloomberg via BGov)
David Wadhwani, president of the Creativity & Productivity business and the other leading internal candidate, will step down on Sep 27 and stay on as a senior adviser. Chakravarthy joined Adobe in 2020 after serving as Informatica's CEO. (Adobe 8-K; RTTNews via Nasdaq; Bloomberg via BGov)