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Succession Announcement
Announces plans to step down as CEO and transition to Board Chair.
Cloud Pivot
Launches the transition from perpetual licenses to the Creative Cloud subscription model.
Appointed CEO
Takes the helm of Adobe, succeeding Bruce Chizen.
Joins Adobe
Enters the company as VP and General Manager of the engineering technology group.
Apple Career
Narayen begins his Silicon Valley journey in product development at Apple.
Shantanu Narayen, the architect of Adobe’s pivot to the cloud and subscription-based models, has announced his intention to step down as CEO after nearly two decades. Under his leadership, the company’s revenue surged from approximately $3 billion to over $23.7 billion, while its workforce expanded tenfold.