Adobe Management

Management criteria checks 2/4

Adobe's CEO is Shantanu Narayen, appointed in Dec 2007, has a tenure of 16.92 years. total yearly compensation is $44.93M, comprised of 3.3% salary and 96.7% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.082% of the company’s shares, worth €172.62M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 4.8 years and 6.2 years respectively.

Key information

Shantanu Narayen

Chief executive officer

US$44.9m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage	3.3%
CEO tenure	16.9yrs
CEO ownership	0.08%
Management average tenure	4.8yrs
Board average tenure	6.2yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Shantanu Narayen's remuneration changed compared to Adobe's earnings?
Date	Total Compensation	Salary	Company Earnings
Aug 30 2024	n/a	n/a	US$5b
May 31 2024	n/a	n/a	US$5b
Mar 01 2024	n/a	n/a	US$5b
Dec 01 2023	US$45m	US$2m	US$5b
Sep 01 2023	n/a	n/a	US$5b
Jun 02 2023	n/a	n/a	US$5b
Mar 03 2023	n/a	n/a	US$5b
Dec 02 2022	US$32m	US$1m	US$5b
Sep 02 2022	n/a	n/a	US$5b
Jun 03 2022	n/a	n/a	US$5b
Mar 04 2022	n/a	n/a	US$5b
Dec 03 2021	US$36m	US$1m	US$5b
Sep 03 2021	n/a	n/a	US$6b
Jun 04 2021	n/a	n/a	US$6b
Mar 05 2021	n/a	n/a	US$6b
Nov 27 2020	US$46m	US$1m	US$5b
Aug 28 2020	n/a	n/a	US$4b
May 29 2020	n/a	n/a	US$4b
Feb 28 2020	n/a	n/a	US$3b
Nov 29 2019	US$39m	US$1m	US$3b
Aug 30 2019	n/a	n/a	US$3b
May 31 2019	n/a	n/a	US$3b
Mar 01 2019	n/a	n/a	US$3b
Nov 30 2018	US$28m	US$1m	US$3b
Aug 31 2018	n/a	n/a	US$2b
Jun 01 2018	n/a	n/a	US$2b
Mar 02 2018	n/a	n/a	US$2b
Dec 01 2017	US$22m	US$1m	US$2b

Compensation vs Market: Shantanu's total compensation ($USD44.93M) is above average for companies of similar size in the UK market ($USD5.74M).

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

CEO

Shantanu Narayen (60 yo)

16.9yrs

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

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Shantanu Narayen	Chairman & CEO	16.9yrs	US$44.93m	0.082% € 172.6m
Daniel Durn	CFO and Executive VP of Finance	3.1yrs	US$14.34m	0.0050% € 10.5m
David Wadhwani	President of Digital Media Business	3.4yrs	US$16.73m	0.0033% € 7.0m
Scott Belsky	Chief Strategy Officer and Executive VP of Design & Emerging Products	6.9yrs	US$12.55m	0.0041% € 8.7m
Anil Chakravarthy	President of Digital Experience Business	4.8yrs	US$15.08m	0.0083% € 17.6m
Cynthia Stoddard	Senior VP & Chief Information Officer	8.4yrs	no data	no data
Dana Rao	Executive VP	6.4yrs	no data	0.0042% € 8.9m
Gloria Chen	Chief People Officer & Executive VP of Employee Experience	4.8yrs	no data	0.0076% € 15.9m
Shanmugh Natarajan	MD of India & VP of Products	no data	no data	no data
Simon Dale	VP and MD of Southeast Asia & Korea	5.8yrs	no data	no data
Tony Ng	Managing Director of Greater China	3.5yrs	no data	no data
Abhigyan Modi	Senior Vice President of Document Cloud	3.3yrs	no data	no data

4.8yrs

Average Tenure

57yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: ADBD's management team is considered experienced (4.8 years average tenure).

Board Members

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Shantanu Narayen	Chairman & CEO	16.9yrs	US$44.93m	0.082% € 172.6m
Frank Calderoni	Independent Lead Director	12.5yrs	US$457.90k	0.0071% € 14.9m
Daniel Rosensweig	Independent Director	15.8yrs	US$387.90k	0.0042% € 8.8m
Spencer Neumann	Independent Director	2.8yrs	US$397.90k	0.00040% € 841.9k
Amy Banse	Independent Director	12.5yrs	US$417.90k	0.0076% € 16.1m
Patrick Allaway	Member of International Advisory Board	3.7yrs	no data	no data
Laura Desmond	Independent Director	12.5yrs	US$392.90k	0.0071% € 14.9m
David Ricks	Independent Director	6.6yrs	US$392.90k	0.0015% € 3.2m
Dheeraj Pandey	Independent Director	5.8yrs	US$397.90k	0.0010% € 2.1m
M. Biggs	Independent Director	2.8yrs	US$397.90k	0.00042% € 884.0k
Kathleen Oberg	Independent Director	5.8yrs	US$427.90k	0.00084% € 1.8m
Melanie Boulden	Independent Director	4.1yrs	US$392.90k	0.00055% € 1.2m

6.2yrs

Average Tenure

59.5yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: ADBD's board of directors are considered experienced (6.2 years average tenure).

Adobe Management

Management criteria checks 2/4

Key information

Recent management updates

Adobe Inc. Announces Resignation of Mark Garfield as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, Effective as of August 9, 2024

Adobe Inc., Annual General Meeting, Apr 17, 2024

Adobe Inc., Annual General Meeting, Apr 17, 2024

President of Digital Media Business recently sold €3.2m worth of stock

Adobe Inc. Appoints Cristiano Amon to Board of Directors

Adobe Inc. Announces Co-Founder Dr. John Warnock Passes At 82

Recent updates

Adobe Announces the General Availability of the Next Generation of Frame.io

Adobe Max Announces Beta Availability of Premiere Pro’s First Set of Firefly-Powered Video Editing Workflows Powered by the New Firefly Video Model (Beta)

Adobe Express Accelerates On-Brand Content Creation for Global Enterprises with New Capabilities

Adobe Unveils Innovations in Adobe Experience Cloud

Adobe Inc. Provides Earnings Guidance for the Fourth Quarter of Fiscal Year 2024

Adobe Inc. Announces Resignation of Mark Garfield as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, Effective as of August 9, 2024

Adobe Reimagines PDFs by Integrating Adobe Firefly into Acrobat and Adding Support for Chat Across Multiple Documents in Acrobat

Adobe Inc. to Report Q2, 2024 Results on Jun 13, 2024

Adobe Inc. Announces the New Adobe Express for Enterprise

Adobe Launches Acrobat AI Assistant for the Enterprise Customers

Adobe Unveils the All-New Photoshop (Beta) with Breakthrough Advancements in Generative Fill Now with Reference Image, Delivering Greater Control for Creators and Superpowers for All Photoshop Users to Confidently Create Amazing Images

Adobe Express Announces the All-New Adobe Express Mobile App Available to All Users

Adobe Previews Breakthrough AI Innovations to Advance Professional Video Workflows Within Adobe Premiere Pro

Now 20% undervalued after recent price drop

Adobe Introduces Next Generation of Frame.Io to Accelerate Content Workflow and Collaboration for Every Creative Project

Media3 Announces Availability of Adobe ColdFusion on Google GCP Marketplace

Adobe Announces Generative AI Solutions to Jumpstart Content Supply Chain for Enterprises

Adobe Inc. (NasdaqGS:ADBE) announces an Equity Buyback for $25,000 million worth of its shares.

Now 24% undervalued after recent price drop

Adobe Inc. (NasdaqGS:ADBE) announces an Equity Buyback for $25,000 million worth of its shares.

New Adobe Express Mobile App Brings Firefly Generative AI Models Directly into Mobile Workflows

Adobe Inc. to Report Q1, 2024 Results on Mar 14, 2024

Adobe Inc., Annual General Meeting, Apr 17, 2024

Adobe Inc., Annual General Meeting, Apr 17, 2024

Adobe Brings Conversational AI to Trillions of Pdfs with the New AI Assistant in Reader and Acrobat

Full year 2023 earnings released: EPS: US$11.88 (vs US$10.13 in FY 2022)

President of Digital Media Business recently sold €3.2m worth of stock

Full year 2023 earnings released: EPS: US$11.88 (vs US$10.13 in FY 2022)

Adobe Inc. Provides Earnings Guidance for the First Quarter and Fiscal Year 2024

Adobe Inc. to Report Q4, 2023 Results on Dec 13, 2023

Adobe Inc. (NasdaqGS:ADBE) acquired Rephrase Technology Corp.

Adobe Inc. (NasdaqGS:ADBE) acquired Rephrase Technology Corp.

Adobe Inc. Appoints Cristiano Amon to Board of Directors

Now 22% undervalued

Grant & Eisenhofer Files Class Action Lawsuit Against Adobe Inc. on Behalf of Institutional Investors

Grant & Eisenhofer Files Class Action Lawsuit Against Adobe Inc. on Behalf of Institutional Investors

Adobe unveils Adobe Firefly Image 2 Model, Adobe Firefly Vector Model and Adobe Firefly Design Model

New Generative AI Innovations in Adobe Express Accelerate New Era of Creativity for All

Now 20% undervalued

Adobe Inc. Provides Earnings Guidance for the Fourth Quarter of Fiscal Year 2023

Third quarter 2023 earnings released: EPS: US$3.08 (vs US$2.43 in 3Q 2022)

Adobe Unveils Adobe Gen Studio for Enterprises

Adobe Inc. to Report Q3, 2023 Results on Sep 14, 2023

Adobe Inc. Announces Co-Founder Dr. John Warnock Passes At 82

Adobe Express with Firefly Brings Generative AI to Creators Worldwide

Chairman & CEO recently sold €15m worth of stock

Adobe Inc. Provides Earnings Guidance for the Third Quarter and Full Year of Fiscal Year 2023

Second quarter 2023 earnings released: EPS: US$2.83 (vs US$2.50 in 2Q 2022)

Adobe Inc. Unveils Generative Recolor (Beta)

Adobe Brings Firefly and Express to Enterprises

Adobe Inc. to Report Q2, 2023 Results on Jun 15, 2023

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 18%

CEO Compensation Analysis

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