Adobe: Pay

Adobe paid its 5 named executives $118.6M in total in FY2025 (Nov). CEO David Wadhwani was paid $17.8M of that.

Pay$100 in the stock at the end of FY19 → $69
CEO pay is from each proxy. The stock line is the value of $100 put in the stock at the start, from the price change of each fiscal year. Dividends are not in it.

Pay of each named executive

Shantanu NarayenCHAIR OF THE BOARD AND CEO
FY2025 (Nov)
FY2024 (Nov)
FY2023 (Nov)
FY2022 (Nov)
FY2021 (Nov)
FY2020 (Nov)
6 years
Anil ChakravarthyPRESIDENT, CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE ORCHESTRATION BUSINESS
FY2025 (Nov)
FY2024 (Nov)
FY2023 (Nov)
FY2022 (Nov)
FY2021 (Nov)
FY2020 (Nov)
6 years
David WadhwaniPRESIDENT, CREATIVITY AND PRODUCTIVITY BUSINESS
FY2025 (Nov)
FY2024 (Nov)
FY2023 (Nov)
FY2022 (Nov)
FY2021 (Nov)
5 years
Daniel DurnCFO AND EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, FINANCE, TECHNOLOGY, SECURITY AND OPERATIONS
FY2025 (Nov)
FY2024 (Nov)
FY2023 (Nov)
FY2022 (Nov)
FY2021 (Nov)
5 years
Louise PentlandCHIEF LEGAL OFFICER AND EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, LEGAL AND GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
FY2025 (Nov)
1 year

CEO pay against the pay peers

In FY2025 (Nov), the median CEO pay of the 18 peers with pay on file was $44.2M. The CEO of Adobe was paid $51.2M, 16% above the median.

  1. 1Broadcom
  2. 2Netflix
  3. 3Palo Alto Networks
  4. 4Microsoft
  5. 5Apple
  6. 6Advanced Micro Devices
  7. 7Salesforce
  8. 8Cisco Systems
  9. 9ServiceNow
  10. 10Adobe
  11. 11Intuit
  12. 12Workday
  13. 13PayPal Holdings
  14. 14Autodesk
  15. 15Meta Platforms
  16. 16Alphabet
  17. 17Amazon Com
  18. 18Oracle
  19. 19Airbnb
  20. 20NvidiaNot disclosed
  21. 21SAP SENot disclosed

Pay of each named executive comes from the Summary Compensation Table of each proxy statement. Realized pay adds the value of options used and stock that vested. CEO pay of each peer comes from its own Pay versus Performance table.