Shantanu Narayen Biography
Shantanu Narayen is a business executive of Indian origin. Since December 2007, he has served as the chairman, president, and chief executive officer (CEO) of Adobe Inc. He had previously served as the company’s president and chief operating officer since 2005.
How old is Shantanu Narayen? – Age
He is 59 years old as of 27 May 2022. He was born in 1963 in Hyderabad, India.
Shantanu Narayen Family
Narayen grew up in a Telugu-speaking family in Hyderabad, India, as the second son of a mother who taught American literature and a father who ran a plastics company.
Shantanu Narayen Education
He went to the Hyderabad Public School. He received a bachelor’s degree in electronics and communication engineering from Osmania University’s University College of Engineering in Hyderabad. He moved to the United States to finish his education, earning a master’s degree in computer science from Bowling Green State University in Ohio in 1986. He earned his MBA from the University of California, Berkeley’s Haas School of Business in 1993.
Shantanu Narayen Husband
Narayen currently resides in Palo Alto, California. In the mid-1980s, he met his wife Reni at Bowling Green State University; she has a doctorate in clinical psychology. The couple has two sons; Shravan Narayen and Arjun Narayen.
Shantanu Narayen Adobe
He joined Adobe in 1998 as senior vice president of worldwide product development and held that position until 2001. He was executive vice-president of global products from 2001 to 2005. He was named president and chief operating officer in 2005.
Shantanu Narayen Career
In 1986, Narayen joined Measurex Automation Systems, a Silicon Valley start-up that created computer control systems for automotive and electronics customers. He then went to work for Apple, where he held senior management positions from 1989 to 1995. After leaving Apple, he worked for Silicon Graphics as the director of desktop and collaboration products. Pictra Inc., a company that pioneered the concept of digital photo sharing over the Internet, was co-founded in 1996.
Adobe announced in November 2007 that Bruce Chizen would step down as CEO on December 1, 2007, to be replaced by Narayen. As CEO, Narayen oversaw the company’s transition from the desktop to the cloud of its creative and digital document software franchises, which include flagship programs such as Photoshop, Premiere Pro, and Acrobat/PDF.Furthermore, during his tenure as CEO, Adobe has expanded into the digital experiences category, a move that began with the acquisition of Omniture in 2009.
Adobe’s market capitalization surpassed $100 billion in 2018 and it became a member of the Fortune 400 for the first time. In 2018, it was also ranked 13th on Forbes’ list of the Most Innovative Companies. Narayen received an honorary doctorate from his alma mater, Bowling Green State University, in May 2011.
Barack Obama appointed him to his Management Advisory Board in 2011. Narayen is the Pfizer board of directors’ lead independent director and vice chairman of the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum. In 2018, Narayen was ranked #12 on Fortune’s “Businessperson of the Year” list, and The Economic Times of India named him “Global Indian of the Year” in 2018. He received India’s Padma Shri award in 2019.
Shantanu Narayen Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $270 Million.
What is Shantanu Narayen salary?
He earns a total base salary of $1,000,000 as Chairman and CEO of Adobe Inc. After becoming Chairman and CEO in 2020, Shantanu Narayen received compensation of approximately $45,889,954.
