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Fiscal year 2025

Shantanu Narayen — FY2025 total compensation $51,173,935

Shantanu Narayen is Chair of the Board and CEO of Adobe, Inc. (ADBE). The company reported total compensation of $51,173,935 for fiscal year 2025.

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Fiscal year 2025 compensation

Salary$1,500,000
Bonus$0
Stock awards$45,376,110
Option awards$0
Non-equity incentive plan$3,120,000
Pension and non-qualified deferred compensation$0
All other compensation$1,177,825
Total$51,173,935

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column; 0 means it reported zero. Figures are as printed, without adjustment.

Cited to the compensation disclosure Adobe, Inc. filed February 27, 2026, accession 0000796343-26-000043.

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History — every fiscal year held

Fiscal yearRoleSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension / NQDCAll otherTotal
FY2025Chair of the Board and CEO$1,500,000$0$45,376,110$0$3,120,000$0$1,177,825$51,173,935
FY2024CHAIR OF THE BOARD AND CEO$1,500,000$0$46,349,135$0$2,940,000$0$1,601,047$52,390,182
FY2023CHAIR OF THE BOARD AND CEO$1,500,000$0$40,077,295$0$3,000,000$0$355,283$44,932,578
FY2022CEO$1,413,461$0$27,162,373$0$2,680,357$0$344,120$31,600,311
FY2021Chairman and Chief Executive Officer$1,019,231$0$32,499,671$0$2,180,000$0$429,823$36,128,725
FY2020Chairman and Chief Executive Officer$1,000,000$0$42,582,476$0$2,094,000$0$213,478$45,889,954
FY2019Chairman and Chief Executive Officer$1,000,000$0$37,025,873$0$950,000$0$169,758$39,145,631

Totals as disclosed in each year's own compensation disclosure for Adobe, Inc..

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Peer context

Peer-group chief executive median$35,969,828
Difference from that median$15,204,107
Percentile within the disclosed peer group64th
Peers with a disclosed figure21

Medians and percentiles are computed across the peer group Adobe, Inc. discloses in its own compensation disclosure.

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The other named executive officers of Adobe, Inc.

Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Shantanu Narayen this pageChair of the Board and CEO$51,173,935
Anil ChakravarthyPresident, Customer Experience Orchestration Business$17,790,824
David WadhwaniPresident, Creativity and Productivity Business$17,786,584
Daniel DurnCFO and Executive Vice President, Finance, Technology, Security and Operations$16,302,026
Louise PentlandChief Legal Officer and Executive Vice President, Legal and Government Relations$15,588,584

The company's named executive officers for fiscal year 2025, and what it reported for each. See the full Adobe, Inc. compensation brief.

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The company page

Shantanu Narayen's compensation sits inside Adobe, Inc.'s full executive and board picture — the peer group, pay against peers, incentive design and the board itself.

The Adobe, Inc. (ADBE) compensation brief