Adobe fast facts.
A quick overview of our history, leadership, key stats, and products.
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About us.
Adobe believes creativity empowers transformation — personally, professionally, and across all industries. We not only deliver strong financial results, but we’re also driving incredible innovation, adding millions of new customers, delivering billions of experiences across screens, and processing trillions of data transactions online.
Founded
December 1982 by Charles Geschke and John Warnock
Initial public offering
August 20, 1986, at a split-adjusted share price of US$0.17
Corporate headquarters
San Jose, California, USA
Revenue
Fiscal 2023 revenue: US $19.41 billion
(FY ended Dec. 1, 2023)
Incorporated
October 1983 in California;
reincorporated in Delaware, May 1997
Employees
More than 30,000 worldwide
Stock symbol
ADBE (NASDAQ)
Our solutions.
Adobe Creative Cloud
We believe in creativity for all, so we give everyone the tools to discover and express their creativity through photography, design, video, animation, web and mobile user experiences, and more.
- Adobe Firefly, our family of creative generative AI models, was one of the most successful beta launches in Adobe’s history, with 70+ million images generated in the first month.
- To date, Firefly has been used to generate over 8 billion images across Adobe’s creative tools including Photoshop, Express, Illustrator and more.
- Driven by strong product innovation, Adobe Express saw a 96 percent quarter-over-quarter growth in the number of monthly active mobile users and 86 percent year-over-year increase in the cumulative number of creations made.
- Adobe Stock now offers 450+ million assets, including more than 246 million photos, 166 million vectors and illustrations, 31 million videos, 99,000 music tracks, 6.2 million Premium assets, and over 1 million free photos, vectors, videos, templates, illustrations, and 3D asset.
Adobe Document Cloud
We make it easy for people and businesses to create, edit, share, scan, and sign digital documents so they can communicate and collaborate securely across devices.
- More than 400 billion PDFs opened and 16 billion documents edited in Adobe Acrobat in the last year.
- Adobe Scan is the leading scanning app on iOS and Android with more than 150 million downloads and 2.5 billion documents created.
- Documents created, signed, shared, and stored in Adobe Document Cloud drive a 90% cost savings and a 95% reduction in environmental impact compared with paper-based processes.
- Every 1 million Adobe Sign transactions save 105 million liters of water, 31,000 trees, and the equivalent of taking 2,300 cars off the road for a year—plus reducing costs by more than $7.2 million.
- More than 1 billion files read in Liquid Mode, our AI-powered mobile reading experience for PDFs
Adobe Experience Cloud
We give businesses unmatched solutions for customer journey management, data analytics, content personalization, commerce and marketing workflows that drive long-term customer success.
- Industry analysts have named Adobe a leader in 50+ analyst reports in categories such as digital experience platforms, content management systems, customer analytics, B2B marketing automation platforms, digital commerce, enterprise marketing suites, and more.
- Adobe Experience Cloud is supported by an expansive global ecosystem of 4,000+ active solution integrator, agency, technology and marketplace partners, and more than 460,000 developers and community members.
- Adobe Analytics analyzes 1 trillion+ visits to retail websites in the U.S (aggregated and anonymized) as well as 100 million+ product SKUs in 18 categories to provide e-commerce and online inflation insights to businesses, policymakers, and consumers. Adobe Analytics is relied on by 85%+ of the top 100 retailers in the U.S. to deliver, measure and personalize shopping experiences online.
Our leaders.
Shantanu Narayen
Chair and Chief Executive Officer
Lara Balazs
Chief Marketing Officer and EVP, Global Marketing
Scott Belsky
Chief Strategy Officer and EVP, Design & Emerging Products
Anil Chakravarthy
President, Digital Experience Business
Gloria Chen
Chief People Officer and EVP, Employee Experience
Dan Durn
Chief Financial Officer and EVP, Finance, Technology Services and Operations
David Wadhwani
President, Digital Media Business
Charles Geschke
Co-founder
John Warnock
Co-founder
Major acquisitions.
ContentCal, 2021
Frame.io, 2021
Workfront, 2020
Allegorithmic, 2019
Marketo, 2018
Magento, 2018
Fotolia, 2015
Behance, 2012
Day Software 2010
Omniture, Inc., 2009
Macromedia, Inc., 2005
Corporate responsibility.
We believe that creativity is the catalyst for positive change. Through our efforts, we inspire creativity in people who want to make a meaningful impact in the following areas:
Adobe For All
Through Adobe for All, we are creating a more diverse and inclusive workforce, working to unleash the full potential of every employee, and helping to drive meaningful impact for Adobe, our industry and society at large.
Creativity for All
Through Creativity for All, we are empowering millions of creators of all backgrounds to access the tools, skills, and platforms they need to express themselves, reach their full potential and share their diverse perspectives with the world.
Technology to Transform
Our greatest reach is with our technology leadership. As one of the world’s most innovative software companies, we are committed to advancing the responsible use of technology for the good of our customers, communities, and society.
We create the future.
Creativity is in our DNA. We constantly look around the corner to see what is possible. But we don’t wait for the future, we create it.
We are builders, makers, and inventors, driven by a deep empathy for our customers and users.
We are open-minded and celebrate new ideas. We have the courage to disrupt the market and ourselves through bold bets and ideas we turn into reality.
We own the outcome.
We think and operate like owners. We take initiative, have a bias toward action, and assume ownership for end results, not just our part.
We are reliable and have clear points of view. We’re decisive and learn from our mistakes.
We raise the bar.
We aim high and we play to win. We relentlessly focus on execution, celebrate excellence and are intellectually honest about where we must do better.
We deliver both speed and quality by doing fewer things better. Our success is measured by the success of our customers and users.
We are genuine.
The ability to be yourself is core to who we are. We embrace and respect diversity.
We support and challenge each other by being honest and direct. We always act with sincerity, integrity and the highest of ethics.
We do this for our employees, partners, customers and communities.
Industry recognition.
Best Workplaces for Innovators
Fast Company
World’s Best Workplaces
Fortune
Best Culture
Comparably
Corporate Equality Index
DEI
World’s Best Workplaces
Forbes
Best Global Brands
Interbrand
Best Employers for Diversity
Forbes
JUST100
Forbes & JUST Capital
Happiest Employees
Comparably
The A List
CDP
Most Innovative Companies
Fast Company
Companies That Care
People Magazine
Dow Jones Sustainability Index
S&P Dow Jones Indices
World’s Most Admired Companies
Fortune
Best Workplaces in Tech
Fortune
Gender Equality Index
Bloomberg
