{
  "id": 5590558,
  "title": "From IIT Varanasi to Silicon Valley peak: Who is Adobe's newly appointed CEO Anil Chakravarthy?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/from-iit-varanasi-to-silicon-valley-peak-who-is-adobes-newly",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-04T07:07:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Economic Times Tech",
    "slug": "economic-times-tech",
    "url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/iit-varanasi-to-adobe-who-is-tech-giants-newly-appointed-ceo-anil-chakravarthy/articleshow/133769577.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Adobe has appointed Anil Chakravarthy as its new president and CEO, succeeding Shantanu Narayen, who led the company for over 18 years. Chakravarthy will take on the role on December 1, with Narayen transitioning to the position of executive chair. In a statement, Narayen expressed confidence in Chakravarthy's ability to lead Adobe's growth in the AI-driven era. David Wadhwani, president of Adobe's Creativity and Productivity Business, announced his departure after five years with the company, stating that he is excited for a new chapter as Adobe steps into the era of AI leadership with Chakravarthy.\n\nChakravarthy, an alumnus of Banaras Hindu University, has held various leadership roles at Adobe since joining in January 2020. He initially led the Digital Experience business and later took on the responsibility of worldwide field operations. Prior to Adobe, Chakravarthy served as the CEO of Informatica, a global enterprise cloud data management leader, from 2020 to 2021. He previously held executive positions at Symantec, VeriSign, and McKinsey & Company. Chakravarthy holds a Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science and Engineering from IIT Varanasi and earned his Master's degree and Ph.D. from MIT.\n\nThis move marks Chakravarthy as the latest in a growing list of Indian-origin executives at the helm of major technology companies. Earlier this year, CRED founder Kunal Shah became the global head of WhatsApp, while Asha Sharma took over as CEO of Microsoft Gaming. Rahul Patil joined AI company Anthropic as chief technology officer. In 2023, Neal Mohan became CEO of YouTube, and Ravi Kumar S became CEO of Cognizant. At the top of this club are Sundar Pichai and Satya Nadella, who lead Alphabet and Microsoft, respectively. Pichai has been Google's CEO since 2015 and Alphabet's CEO since 2019, while Nadella has been Microsoft's CEO since 2014.",
  "summary": "Adobe has appointed Anil Chakravarthy as its new CEO, succeeding Shantanu Narayen, who will become executive chair after more than 18 years at the helm. Chakravarthy will take over on December 1.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Financial Post",
        "title": "AECOM selected to design Pure Water Silicon Valley demonstration facility",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/aecom-selected-to-design-pure-water-silicon-valley-demonstration",
        "published": "2026-09-03T10:58:13.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}