Adobe任命内部高管Anil Chakravarthy为新任CEO，接替执掌18年的Shantanu Narayen

Adobe ( ADBE ) appointed Anil Chakravarthy as its new chief executive officer, replacing longtime top boss Shantanu Narayen, the design software maker said on Thursday. Chakravarthy will also become the company’s next president and join the Board of Directors effective December 1, 2026. He is currently the president of Adobe’s Customer Experience Orchestration business and worldwide field operations. Narayen will transition to executive chair and work closely with Chakravarthy to ensure a smooth transition, the company said . Shares of Adobe were down 1% in extended trading. Earlier in March, Adobe revealed that Narayen plans to step down from the position he's held for 18 years, during which he helped the company's flagship software such as Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere ⁠ Pro and InDesign become household names globally. The company, in March, was reportedly looking at two internal candidates, including President, Creativity & Productivity Business David Wadhwani and Chakravarthy, as well as some external ones, to replace Narayen. Chakravarthy joined Adobe in January 2020 as executive vice president and general manager leading the Digital Experience business. In September 2020, Chakravarthy took on the additional responsibility of leading Adobe’s worldwide field operations serving enterprise customers with the full portfolio of Adobe’s products, including creativity and productivity. In December 2021, he was promoted to president of Digital Experience and worldwide field operations. Chakravarthy has helped the company to develop products including Adobe CX Enterprise, GenStudio, and Brand Visibility. Before his current role, Chakravarthy served as CEO for four years at enterprise cloud data management firm Informatica.