David Wadhwani
David Wadhwani is the former President, Creativity and Productivity Business of Adobe.
Last updated Oct 26, 2026 by the ATDb Editorial Team
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Bio
David Wadhwani is the former President, Creativity and Productivity Business of Adobe. In his earlier tenure at Adobe, he served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Digital Media business, where he played an instrumental role in advancing the company's category leadership, expanding into new markets, and contributing to its transition to a cloud-based subscription model. At Adobe Summit, Wadhwani shared Adobe's vision for creativity and content production in the age of AI agents, unveiling the Adobe Creative Agent, announcing Adobe Brand Intelligence, and introducing the Firefly AI Assistant as a conversational interface for Adobe's creative tools. Following Adobe's selection of Anil Chakravarthy as its next CEO, Wadhwani announced his departure from the company, stating his intention to pursue entrepreneurship. Source 1: vectorshift.ai — David Wadhwani - Adobe Inc. Source 2: substack.com — Adobe's Fourth Chapter Belongs to Anil Chakravarthy Source 3: adobe.com — David Wadhwani
Career
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President and CEO
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Expertise & education
Education
- BS, Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University
- MBA, Harvard Business School