Adobe Management

Management criteria checks 2/4

Adobe's CEO is Shantanu Narayen, appointed in Dec 2007, has a tenure of 16.83 years. total yearly compensation is $44.93M, comprised of 3.3% salary and 96.7% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.081% of the company’s shares, worth €165.50M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 5.3 years and 6.1 years respectively.

Key information

Shantanu Narayen

Chief executive officer

US$44.9m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage3.3%
CEO tenure16.8yrs
CEO ownership0.08%
Management average tenure5.3yrs
Board average tenure6.1yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Shantanu Narayen's remuneration changed compared to Adobe's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
Aug 30 2024n/an/a

US$5b

May 31 2024n/an/a

US$5b

Mar 01 2024n/an/a

US$5b

Dec 01 2023US$45mUS$2m

US$5b

Sep 01 2023n/an/a

US$5b

Jun 02 2023n/an/a

US$5b

Mar 03 2023n/an/a

US$5b

Dec 02 2022US$32mUS$1m

US$5b

Sep 02 2022n/an/a

US$5b

Jun 03 2022n/an/a

US$5b

Mar 04 2022n/an/a

US$5b

Dec 03 2021US$36mUS$1m

US$5b

Sep 03 2021n/an/a

US$6b

Jun 04 2021n/an/a

US$6b

Mar 05 2021n/an/a

US$6b

Nov 27 2020US$46mUS$1m

US$5b

Aug 28 2020n/an/a

US$4b

May 29 2020n/an/a

US$4b

Feb 28 2020n/an/a

US$3b

Nov 29 2019US$39mUS$1m

US$3b

Aug 30 2019n/an/a

US$3b

May 31 2019n/an/a

US$3b

Mar 01 2019n/an/a

US$3b

Nov 30 2018US$28mUS$1m

US$3b

Aug 31 2018n/an/a

US$2b

Jun 01 2018n/an/a

US$2b

Mar 02 2018n/an/a

US$2b

Dec 01 2017US$22mUS$1m

US$2b

Compensation vs Market: Shantanu's total compensation ($USD44.93M) is above average for companies of similar size in the German market ($USD5.11M).

Compensation vs Earnings: Shantanu's compensation has increased by more than 20% in the past year.


CEO

Shantanu Narayen (60 yo)

16.8yrs

Tenure

US$44,932,578

Compensation

Mr. Shantanu Narayen has been Chairman of Adobe Inc. since January 2017 and has been its Chief Executive Officer since December 01, 2007 and served as its President since January 2005 until December 2021....


Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Shantanu Narayen
Chairman & CEO16.8yrsUS$44.93m0.081%
$ 165.5m
Daniel Durn
CFO and Executive VP of Finance3yrsUS$14.34m0.0047%
$ 9.6m
David Wadhwani
President of Digital Media Business3.3yrsUS$16.73m0.0031%
$ 6.3m
Scott Belsky
Chief Strategy Officer and Executive VP of Design & Emerging Products6.8yrsUS$12.55m0.0045%
$ 9.1m
Anil Chakravarthy
President of Digital Experience Business4.8yrsUS$15.08m0.0081%
$ 16.4m
Cynthia Stoddard
Senior VP & Chief Information Officer8.3yrsno datano data
Jonathan Vaas
Vice President of Investor Relationsno datano datano data
Dana Rao
Executive VP6.3yrsno data0.0042%
$ 8.6m
Gloria Chen
Chief People Officer & Executive VP of Employee Experience4.8yrsno data0.0073%
$ 14.9m
Shanmugh Natarajan
MD of India & VP of Productsno datano datano data
Simon Dale
VP and MD of Southeast Asia & Korea5.8yrsno datano data
Tony Ng
Managing Director of Greater China3.4yrsno datano data

5.3yrs

Average Tenure

57yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: ADB's management team is seasoned and experienced (5.3 years average tenure).


Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Shantanu Narayen
Chairman & CEO16.8yrsUS$44.93m0.081%
$ 165.5m
Frank Calderoni
Independent Lead Director12.4yrsUS$457.90k0.0071%
$ 14.4m
Daniel Rosensweig
Independent Director15.8yrsUS$387.90k0.0042%
$ 8.5m
Spencer Neumann
Independent Director2.8yrsUS$397.90k0.00040%
$ 814.1k
Amy Banse
Independent Director12.4yrsUS$417.90k0.0076%
$ 15.5m
Patrick Allaway
Member of International Advisory Board3.6yrsno datano data
Laura Desmond
Independent Director12.4yrsUS$392.90k0.0071%
$ 14.4m
David Ricks
Independent Director6.5yrsUS$392.90k0.0015%
$ 3.1m
Dheeraj Pandey
Independent Director5.8yrsUS$397.90k0.0010%
$ 2.0m
M. Biggs
Independent Director2.8yrsUS$397.90k0.00042%
$ 854.8k
Kathleen Oberg
Independent Director5.8yrsUS$427.90k0.00084%
$ 1.7m
Melanie Boulden
Independent Director4yrsUS$392.90k0.00055%
$ 1.1m

6.1yrs

Average Tenure

59.5yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: ADB's board of directors are considered experienced (6.1 years average tenure).