Adobe’s Board of Directors has named Anil Chakravarthy as the company’s next president and chief executive officer. He will also join Adobe’s Board of Directors when he assumes the role on December 1.
Chakravarthy serves as president of Adobe’s Customer Experience Orchestration business and worldwide field operations. Later that year, he also took responsibility for Adobe’s worldwide field operations serving enterprise customers across the company’s product portfolio. Before joining Adobe, Chakravarthy served as CEO of Informatica for four years. He has overseen development of market-leading products including Adobe CX Enterprise, GenStudio and Brand Visibility, which use AI to deliver breakthrough customer experiences. Adobe credited Chakravarthy with helping scale Adobe Experience Platform and introducing new product innovations such as CX Enterprise Coworker.
He will succeed Shantanu Narayen, who has led the venture for 18 years and will transition to the role of executive chair. Narayen joined the company in 1998. Anil Chakravarthy joined Adobe in January 2020 as executive vice president and general manager of its Digital Experience business. In December 2021, he was promoted to president of Digital Experience and worldwide field operations. He initially joined the enterprise cloud data management company in 2013 as an executive vice president.
Under his leadership, Adobe said its Customer Experience Orchestration business expanded through innovation-led growth. He also championed Adobe’s acquisitions and integration of Workfront and Semrush, according to the company.
