Shantanu Narayen is an American business executive who has served as chairman, president, and chief executive officer of 📝Adobe since December 2007. Under his leadership the company became one of the world's largest software makers, and he is widely credited with one of the defining business-model transformations in technology.

Narayen joined Adobe in 1998 as a vice president and general manager and rose to CEO in 2007. His signature move was transitioning Adobe from boxed, perpetual-license software to a subscription model built around 📝Creative Cloud, while expanding the company into digital marketing and analytics through the Experience Cloud and, more recently, into generative AI with 📝Firefly. In March 2026 he announced he will transition from the 🏷️#ceo role once a successor is named, remaining Chair of Adobe's board.