Shantanu Narayen | |
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Shantanu Narayen at the Google I/O event held on June 27, 2012.
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Born |
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
May 27, 1963
Residence | |
Nationality | American |
Education | B.S., M.B.A, M.S. |
Alma mater | Osmania University University of California, Berkeley Bowling Green State University |
Occupation | CEO of Adobe Systems |
Employer | Adobe Systems |
Board member of |
Dell, Inc. Adobe Systems University of California at Berkeley Adobe Foundation |
Shantanu Narayen (Telugu: శంతను నారాయణ్; born 27 May 1963) is an Indian American business executive and the CEO of Adobe Systems. Prior to this, he was the president and chief operating officer since 2005. He is also the president of the board of the Adobe Foundation.
He grew up in Hyderabad, India, the second son of a mother who taught American literature and a father who ran a plastics company. He went to Hyderabad Public School in Hyderabad. Narayen holds a Bachelor of Science in electronics engineering from Osmania University in India, a Master of Business Administration from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Master of Science in computer science from Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio.
On May 7, 2011, Narayen received an honorary Doctor of Applied Science degree from his alma mater, Bowling Green State University.
He started his career at Apple. After Apple, Narayen served as director of desktop and collaboration products for Silicon Graphics, then co-founded Pictra Inc. a company that pioneered the concept of digital photo sharing over the Internet.