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Shantanu Narayen

Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Adobe

Search every verified Shantanu Narayen interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Shantanu Narayen, Adobe's chairman and CEO, discussed the company's Q3 fiscal 2026 financial results during a September 10 earnings call. He reported record revenue of $6.76 billion, a 12% increase, and adjusted earnings per share of $6.13, which beat expectations. During the call, Narayen addressed Adobe's leadership transition, noting that the board selected an internal candidate, Anil Chakravarti, to succeed him as CEO, and emphasized that Chakravarti would own the company's overall strategy while building on existing opportunities. Narayen also outlined Adobe's strategic direction, describing an "immense opportunity" for the company to become a leader in agentic software for creativity, productivity, and customer experience, similar to its prior leadership in SaaS. He stated his belief that every SaaS company will undergo a transformation to agentic software, analogous to the industry's earlier shift from on-premise software to SaaS. Regarding customer growth, he said Adobe's first focus is on bringing as many customers as possible into its funnel through its premium strategy and customer acquisition efforts, with subsequent approaches varying by customer type and needs.

Recent appearances

  • Adobe Q3 2026 Earnings Call | Record Revenue Up 12% to $6.76B & Adjusted EPS Beats at $6.13

    September 11, 2026 · 📺 i101

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  • Adobe Q2 2026 Earnings Call |Record $6.62B Sales and AI-Driven Software Demand Trigger Outlook Raise

    June 13, 2026 · 📺 Investing 101

    Adobe Q2 2026 Earnings Conference Call. Twitter -   / i101in   If you find our work useful, please support us by purchasing a Super Thanks— it truly helps us a lot. #earningscall #StockMarketNews #conferenceCall Earnings Call | Earnings Conference Call | Earnings concall | concall | quarterly results | Stock News | Full Year results | Fiscal Year results | investment news | stock latest news | Annual Meeting of Shareholders | Annual Meeting of Unitholders | Special and Annual Meeting of Shareholders | AGM | Annual General Meeting If you want us to remove your company's earnings call or a…

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  • Q2 FY2026 Adobe Earnings Conference Call

    June 11, 2026 · 📺 Wealth,Finance & Investment Center

    ... adobe has to offer uh otherwise uh we'll see you at the next call thank you thank you that does conclude today's conference we ...

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  • Day Two Keynote | Adobe Summit 2026 | Adobe

    April 22, 2026 · 📺 Adobe

    Discover how leaders from the world’s top brands are tackling today’s biggest business challenges — and unlocking new growth — using Adobe’s latest product innovations for creative experience marketing. ____ About Adobe Adobe empowers everyone, everywhere to imagine, create, and bring any digital experience to life. From creators and students to small businesses, global enterprises, and nonprofit organizations, customers choose Adobe products to ideate, collaborate, be more productive, drive business growth, and build remarkable experiences. Creative Cloud (https://www.adobe.com/creativeclo…

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  • Day One Keynote | Adobe

    April 21, 2026 · 📺 Adobe

    Be front row for an exploration of the renewed landscape of digital experience marketing. Top Adobe executives and customers from leading brands share fresh perspectives on accelerating growth, scaling personalization, and boosting business by combining marketing, creativity, and agentic AI. ____ About Adobe Adobe empowers everyone, everywhere to imagine, create, and bring any digital experience to life. From creators and students to small businesses, global enterprises, and nonprofit organizations, customers choose Adobe products to ideate, collaborate, be more productive, drive busines…

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  • Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen: The bears have it all wrong on software

    April 20, 2026 · 📺 CNBC Television

    Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen sits down with CNBC's Jon Fortt to discuss the impacts of artificial intelligence, software, and more.

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  • Presidential Lecture Series | Shantanu Narayen

    March 26, 2026 · 📺 Purdue University News

    Adobe Chair and CEO Shantanu Narayen joined Purdue University President Mung Chiang for a Presidential Lecture Series conversation on March 25, 2026, in Stewart Center’s Fowler Hall. The discussion, titled “AI’s Next Wave: Delivering Intelligence Inside Software,” explored how artificial intelligence is transforming the tools people use to create, communicate and work. Narayen has served as CEO of Adobe since 2007 and chair of the board since 2017. During his tenure, he has helped lead the company’s transformation into a global leader in digital media, digital experiences and AI-driven softw…

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  • LIVE : Q1 FY2026 Adobe Earnings Conference Call

    March 12, 2026 · 📺 Wealth,Finance & Investment Center

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  • Shantanu Narayen on AI, Creativity, and India's Tech Moment | Adobe CEO at AI Impact Summit

    February 26, 2026 · 📺 YourStory

    In this exclusive interview with Shradha Sharma at the AI Impact Summit, Shantanu Narayen, the CEO of Adobe, shares his vision on the intersection of AI and creativity, emphasizing that "everybody has a story to tell" and that technology, specifically AI, will "revolutionize" the ease and distribution of telling those stories. Key discussion points include: Adobe's Mission: Empowering everyone to create, as creativity is an emotion that evokes a kind of energy. India's AI Moment: Narayen shares his excitement about the "energy, the excitement, the vision" and the opportunities in India, not…

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  • India Has Leapfrogged Other Countries In AI Adoption: Adobe Systems | AI Summit | CNBC TV18

    February 20, 2026 · 📺 CNBC-TV18

    Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen says india has leap-frogged several nations in a.I. Adoption. Speaking to cnbc-tv18, narayen said ...

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  • Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen Speech | Telangana Rising Global Summit 2025 -TV9

    December 09, 2025 · 📺 TV9 Telugu Live

    Telangana Rising Global Summit 2025 – తెలంగాణను గ్లోబల్ స్టేజ్‌ పైకి తీసుకెళ్లే కీలక ఈవెంట్! ఈ సమ్మిట్‌లో innovation, investments, entrepreneurship, technology, governance తదితర రంగాల్లో ప్రపంచ నిపుణులు, వ్యాపారవేత్తలు, policymakers పాల్గొని తెలంగాణ భవిష్యత్ అభివృద్ధిపై చర్చించారు. ఈ వీడియోలో: ✔️ ముఖ్య స్పీకర్స్ highlights ✔️ Startup & Business announcements ✔️ Innovation & Tech discussions ✔️ Telangana growth vision 2047 ✔️ Global partnerships & opportunities Telangana is rising with visionary leadership – ఈ సమ్మిట్ ద్వారా state యొక్క potential ప్రపంచానికి చూపబడింది. ► TV9 News App : http…

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  • Microsoft Ignite '25 Keynote | Shantanu Narayen, CEO & Chairman, Adobe

    December 04, 2025 · 📺 Techusiness

    Shantanu Narayen, Chairman and CEO of Adobe, participated as a guest speaker in the Opening Keynote at Microsoft Inspire ...

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Verified interview transcripts

Notable quotes

“We're incredibly excited about the proposed acquisition of SEMrush. Together, our companies bring complementary capabilities across traditional search and everything we're talking about here around emerging AI discovery.”

“but we don't know how to deal with these financial accounting standard standards bodies restrictions that did not allow us to innovate because if we added to the software during those 12 or 18 months we had to carve out revenue.”

“So Firefly is actually the only model that has been created that is completely and 100% trained on data that we have licensed for.”

“We are trying to change the world through digital experiences at Adobe and over a third of Adobe's global research and development is happening in India.”

“I love this aspiration to become a 3 trillion economy by 2047 and contributing 10% to India's GDP; it's not just a bold vision but I think it's a very achievable vision.”

“We're training generative AI models on licensed and public‑domain content to provide commercially safe solutions, and we're investing in model development as a strategic priority.”

Other executives at Adobe

  • Scott Belsky, Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Vice President of Design & Emerging Products
  • David Wadhwani, President of Digital Media Business

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