Shantanu Narayen

Shantanu Narayen is an Indian-American business executive. He has been the Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) ofAdobe Inc.since December 2007.

Shantanu is the Vice Chairman of theUS-India Strategic Partnership Forumand sits on the board ofPfizer. He previously served as a Director ofDelland is a past member of theU.S. President’s Management Advisory Board.

Shantanu has been recognised by several publications as one of the world’s leading executives, includingBarron’s World’s Best CEOsandFortune Businessperson of the Yearlists, and named a Top CEO by Glassdoor based on employee feedback. He is a recipient of India’s civilian honor Padma Shri and the Economic Times Global Indian of the Year award.

Before joining Adobe, Shantanu held product development roles atAppleand Silicon Graphics before cofounding an early photo-sharing startup, Pictra.

Shantanu holds five patents. He has a bachelor’s degree in electronics engineering from Osmania University, a master’s degree in computer science from Bowling Green State University and a master’s degree in business administration from theUniversity of Californiaat Berkeley’s Haas School of Business. Shantanu once represented India in sailing at an Asian regatta.