Adobe Systems Inc.
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NASDAQ: ADBE NASDAQ-100 Component S&P 500 Component |
| Industry | Computer software |
| Founded | December 1982 Mountain View, California, U.S. |
| Founders | John Warnock and Charles Geschke |
| Headquarters |
Adobe Systems complex, San Jose, California, U.S. |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
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Key people
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John Warnock and Charles Geschke (Co-Founders) Shantanu Narayen (President, CEO, and Chairman of the Board) |
| Products | List of Adobe products |
| Revenue |
 US$4.795 billion (2016) |
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US$987 million (2016) |
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US$478 million (2016) |
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| Total assets |
US$12.85 billion (2016) |
| Total equity |
US$7.89 billion (2016) |
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Number of employees
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14,154 (Q1, 2016) |
| Website | Adobe |
Adobe Systems Incorporated /əˈdoʊbiː/ is an American multinational computer software company. The company is headquartered in San Jose, California, United States. Adobe has historically focused upon the creation of multimedia and creativity software products, with a more recent foray towards rich Internet application software development. It is best known for Photoshop, an image editing software, Acrobat Reader, the Portable Document Format (PDF) and Adobe Creative Suite, as well as its successor Adobe Creative Cloud.
Adobe was founded in February 1982 by John Warnock and Charles Geschke, who established the company after leaving Xerox PARC in order to develop and sell the PostScript page description language. In 1985, Apple Computer licensed PostScript for use in its LaserWriter printers, which helped spark the desktop publishing revolution.
As of 2015[update], Adobe Systems has about 13,500 employees, about 40% of whom work in San Jose. Adobe also has major development operations in Newton, Massachusetts; New York City, New York; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Lehi, Utah; Seattle, Washington; San Francisco and San Luis Obispo, California in the United States.
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