--- title: "Adobe: AI company profile, people and coverage" description: ", formerly Adobe Systems Incorporated, is an American multinational computer software company based in San Jose, California. It offers a wide range of programs from web design tools, photo manipulation, and vector creation to video and audio editing, mobile app development, print layout and animation software." canonical: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-adobe type: Organization wikidata: Q11463 wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Inc. website: https://www.adobe.com/ source: AI News Monitor publisher: Paciva license: CC BY 4.0 for this page's own layer; facts from Wikidata (CC0 1.0) --- # Adobe > , formerly Adobe Systems Incorporated, is an American multinational computer software company based in San Jose, California. It offers a wide range of programs from web design tools, photo manipulation, and vector creation to video and audio editing, mobile app development, print layout and animation software. Read on the web: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-adobe ## Facts - Category: Data and infrastructure - Country: United States - Founded: 1982-02-28 - Headquarters: San Jose - Status: public - Website: https://www.adobe.com/ - Employees: 25,988 (as of 2021-12-03) - Also known as: ADBE, ADOBE INC. (San Jose, CA), Adobe Systems, Adobe Systems Software(Beijing)Co.,Ltd., Adobe Systems, Inc., adobe.com - Industries: artificial intelligence, information technology, software development, software industry ## Accounts - x: https://x.com/Adobe - linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/adobe - github: https://github.com/adobe - youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5_SBQbLA9Kg7Jh5GpXoP3g - facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Adobe - instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adobe ## Key people - John Warnock, founder (American computer scientist, inventor and technology businessman (1940–2023)) - Charles Geschke, founder (American computer scientist) - Shantanu Narayen, chief executive (Indian-American business executive and CEO of Adobe), since 2007-12-01 - Shantanu Narayen, board member (Indian-American business executive and CEO of Adobe), since 2007-12-01 - Amy Banse, board member (American business executive), since 2012-05-14 - Dheeraj Pandey, board member (Indian-American businessman and philanthropist; CEO of DevRev and former CEO and co-founder of Nutanix), since 2019-01-22 - Melanie Boulden, board member (American business executive), since 2020-10-02 - Frank Calderoni, board member (American business executive; CEO of Velocity Global), since 2012-05-14 - Spencer Neumann, board member (American business executive), since 2022-01-07 - Kathleen Oberg, board member (American business executive), since 2019-01-22 - Cristiano Amon, board member (Brazilian engineer & corporate executive; CEO of Qualcomm), since 2023-10-25 - Laura Desmond, board member (American business executive; CEO of Smartly.io), since 2012-05-14 - David A. Ricks, board member (pharmaceutical executive), since 2018-04-12 - Dan Rosensweig, board member (American businessman), since 2009-01-12 - Ken Lunde (CJK specialist) - Ben Forta (American software engineer) - Khoi Vinh (American graphic designer) ## Revenue - undated: USD 5.9 billion (SEC filing) - undated: USD 7.3 billion (SEC filing) - undated: USD 9 billion (SEC filing) - undated: USD 11.2 billion (SEC filing) - undated: USD 12.9 billion (SEC filing) - undated: USD 15.8 billion (SEC filing) - undated: USD 17.6 billion (SEC filing) - undated: USD 19.4 billion (SEC filing) - undated: USD 21.5 billion (SEC filing) - undated: USD 23.8 billion (SEC filing) - 2007-01-01: USD 3.2 billion (Wikidata) - 2008-01-01: USD 3.6 billion (Wikidata) - 2009-01-01: USD 2.9 billion (Wikidata) - 2010-01-01: USD 3.8 billion (Wikidata) - 2011-01-01: USD 4.2 billion (Wikidata) - 2012-01-01: USD 4.4 billion (Wikidata) - 2013-01-01: USD 4.1 billion (Wikidata) - 2014-01-01: USD 4.1 billion (Wikidata) - 2015-01-01: USD 4.8 billion (Wikidata) - 2016-01-01: USD 5.9 billion (Wikidata) - 2017-01-01: USD 7.3 billion (Wikidata) - 2018-01-01: USD 9 billion (Wikidata) - 2019-01-01: USD 11.2 billion (Wikidata) - 2020-01-01: USD 12.9 billion (Wikidata) - 2021-12-03: USD 15.8 billion (Wikidata) - 2022-01-01: USD 17.6 billion (Wikidata) ## Ownership Subsidiaries: [Marketo](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-marketo.md), Adobe Creative Cloud ## Products - software - Adobe After Effects - Adobe Photoshop - Adobe Illustrator - Adobe InDesign - Adobe Audition - Adobe Capture - Adobe Encore - Adobe InCopy - Adobe Photoshop Lightroom - Adobe Premiere Pro - Adobe Prelude - acrobat.com - list of Adobe software - Adobe Speedgrade - Adobe Sign - Adobe Dimensions - Adobe for Business - Adobe Fonts - Adobe Character Animator - Adobe XD - Adobe Media Encoder - Adobe Express - Adobe Aero - Adobe Color - Frame.io - Adobe Premiere Rush ## Coverage on the Monitor Every article, podcast, video and market the Monitor holds on Adobe, dated and linked to its publisher: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-adobe#connections ## Sources - Facts: Wikidata (CC0 1.0), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11463, read 2026-11-11 - Summary: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Inc. - Filings: SEC EDGAR, https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0000796343 Part of [AI Companies](https://monitor.paciva.ai/companies.md), the Monitor's directory of every AI company on file.