Adobe Inc. is an American software company headquartered in San Jose, California, founded in 1982 by John Warnock and Charles Geschke, former Xerox PARC researchers, initially to commercialize their PostScript page-description language for printers. It went on to create the Portable Document Format (PDF) and creative software including Photoshop and Illustrator, now delivered largely through its subscription-based Creative Cloud service.
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Company TypeComputer software company 2 Founded Year HeadquartersSan Jose, California, U.S. 2 Company Type
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Adobe Photoshop is developed and sold by Adobe Inc.
Companies Founded
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Companies Led
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Founded By
Charles Geschke co-founded Adobe Inc. with John Warnock in 1982.
Led By
Geschke served as Adobe's president and chief operating officer from its 1982 founding, later as co-chairman with John Warnock.
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Source Wikidata: Adobe Inc.
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Source ColdFusion Markup Language (Wikipedia)HistoryQuote, History
Adobe acquired Macromedia in 2005. As of 2023, it is still actively developing ColdFusion.
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1. Wikidata: Adobe Inc.
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View the Source2. Wikipedia, Adobe Inc.
WikipediaLead sectionQuote, Lead section
Adobe Inc. ( ə-DOH-bee), formerly Adobe Systems Incorporated, is an American multinational computer software company based in San Jose, California.
3. StockAnalysis.com: StockAnalysis company profile for Adobe Inc.
StockAnalysis.comCompany profile: EmployeesQuote, Company profile: Employees
Employees 31,360
4. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (EDGAR): SEC EDGAR submissions for ADOBE INC.
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (EDGAR)exchanges
"exchanges": [ "Nasdaq" ]
tickers
"tickers": [ "ADBE" ]
View the Source John Warnock (Wikipedia)
Companies Founded: John Warnock, Lead paragraph [founded-by]
co-founding Adobe Systems Inc., the graphics and publishing software company, with Charles Geschke in 1982
Companies Led: John Warnock, Lead paragraph [led-by]
Warnock was President of Adobe for his first two years and chairman and CEO for his remaining sixteen years at the company.
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Parent Company Of: Macromedia, Lead, purchaserQuote, Parent Company Of: Macromedia, Lead, purchaser
It was purchased by its rival Adobe Systems on December 3, 2005.
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