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Adobe names Anil Chakravarthy chief executive from December; Shantanu Narayen becomes executive chair

The change takes effect on 1 December. The head of Adobe's creativity and productivity business is also stepping down.

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Anil Chakravarthy will succeed Shantanu Narayen as Adobe's CEO on 1 December

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Source: Adobe, via SEC EDGAR

What changed
Adobe's board appointed Anil Chakravarthy, head of its customer-experience business, as president and CEO from 1 December 2026.
Who it affects
Adobe's leadership: the CEO, the chair of the board, and the president of its Creativity & Productivity business.
What it does not tell you
Why the change is happening now, or what it means for Adobe's strategy. The filing records the appointments, not the reasons.

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Adobe's board appointed Anil Chakravarthy as president and chief executive, effective 1 December 2026, the company announced on 3 September [1].

On that date Shantanu Narayen, the current chair and chief executive, will retire as CEO and become executive chair of the board, according to the company's filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission [1].

Chakravarthy currently runs Adobe's customer experience orchestration business, and joins the board as part of the appointment [1].

What it covers

Adobe's top leadership. The filing also says David Wadhwani, president of the Creativity & Productivity business, is stepping down on 27 September [1].

Wadhwani told the company of his decision on 2 September, and will stay as a senior adviser for a transition period [1].

The company said it would file the new CEO's pay terms in an amendment [1].

What it does not tell you

Why the change is happening now. The filing records the appointments and refers to the executives' biographies in Adobe's 2026 proxy statement [1].

Sources and their grades

  1. Adobe, via SEC EDGAR, Adobe Inc. Form 8-K, 2 September 2026 (Item 5.02). Read 29 September 2026. Grade 3 · Filed record Filed 8 September 2026; the appointment was announced in a press release on 3 September.

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