Headquarters
345 Park Avenue
San Jose, CA 95110-2704
Contact
Phone: 408-536-6000
Fax: 408-537-6000
Website
www.adobe.com
Basics
Index Membership: S&P 500, S&P 1500 Super Comp, Nasdaq 100
Sector: Technology
Industry: Application Software
Full Time Employees: 6,959
Exchange
NASDAQ
Background
Adobe Systems Incorporated offers business and mobile software and services worldwide. Its Creative Solutions segment provides software tools for professional publishing, Web design and development, professional photography, video production, animation, and motion graphic production, as well as printing visually rich information. The company's Business Productivity Solutions Segment offers products, which meet the needs of enterprises to improve their productivity, help automate business processes, and improve collaboration. This segment provides knowledge worker customers with various applications and services to help them share information and collaborate. It also offers server-based enterprise interaction solutions that automate people-centric processes. The Mobile and Device Solutions segment provides solutions that create compelling experiences through content, user interfaces, and data services on mobile and non-PC devices, such as cellular phones, consumer devices, and Internet connected hand-held devices. In addition, the company offers various products and services, which address market opportunities ranging from the publishing needs of technical and business publishing to the company's OEM printing businesses. Its products and services are used by creative professionals; designers; knowledge workers; high-end consumers; original equipment manufacturer partners; and developers and enterprises for creating, managing, delivering, and engaging with content and experiences across multiple operating systems, devices, and media. The company distributes its products through distributors and dealers, value-added resellers, systems integrators, and independent software vendors; directly to end users; and through its Web site at adobe.com. Further, it licenses its technology to hardware manufacturers, software developers, and service providers. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.
Officers
Mr. Shantanu Narayen, 44
Chief Exec. Officer, Pres, Chief Operating Officer
Mr. Mark Garrett, 50
Chief Financial Officer and Exec. VP
Ms. Karen O. Cottle, 58
Sr. VP, Sec. and Gen. Counsel
Mr. Matthew Thompson, 49
Sr. VP of Worldwide Field Operations
Mr. Bruce R. Chizen, 52
Strategic Adviser
Financial considerations
Total Cash (mrq): 1.72B
Total Debt (mrq): 450.00M
Ownership
Shares Outstanding: 561.11M
Float: 558.37M
% Held by Insiders: 0.48%
% Held by Institutions: 88.80%
Stock price
King Capital Investment Group
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