Adobe Announces CEO to Step Down; Gives Lackluster Forecast

Adobe CEO Shantanu NarayenPhotographer: Sajjad Hussain/AFP/Getty Images

Adobe Inc. announced that Chief Executive Officer Shantanu Narayen will resign from his position atop the creative software giant amid deep skepticism about the company’s ability to thrive in the AI era.

The company also gave a sales forecast for the current quarter that just topped estimates, but failed to ease investor fears that the software maker is being left behind by new competitors.

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