Shantanu Narayen serves as Adobe's Chief Executive Officer and Chair of the Board. He joined Adobe in January 1998 as Vice President and General Manager of the engineering technology group, was promoted to President and Chief Operating Officer in January 2005, and was appointed Chief Executive Officer effective December 2007, joining the Board at that time. He was named Chair of the Board in January 2017, and in March 2026 announced his decision to transition from the Chief Executive Officer role once a successor is named, remaining CEO until then and continuing as Chair. He holds a B.S. in Electronics Engineering from Osmania University in India, an M.S. in Computer Science from Bowling Green State University, and an M.B.A. from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.