Archive · 6 Sep 2026
Indian-Origin Executives Leading Adobe and Global Corporate Giants
Adobe has chosen Anil Chakravarthy to become its next CEO.
He studied at IIT Varanasi and MIT and has worked in technology for about three decades.
He joined Adobe in 2020 and helped develop its digital-experience and artificial-intelligence businesses.
Other executives with Indian backgrounds also lead major companies around the world.
Satya Nadella runs Microsoft, while Sundar Pichai runs Alphabet, Google’s parent company.
Neal Mohan leads YouTube, and Arvind Krishna leads IBM.
Kunal Shah manages product work for WhatsApp at Meta.
Leena Nair leads Chanel, and Raj Subramaniam leads FedEx.
Anil Chakravarthy has been appointed CEO-designate of Adobe after joining the company in 2020.
Satya Nadella, Sundar Pichai, Neal Mohan and Arvind Krishna lead Microsoft, Alphabet, YouTube and IBM, respectively.
Kunal Shah is Meta’s vice president and WhatsApp’s head of product, overseeing global product strategy.
Leena Nair became Chanel’s global CEO in 2022 after a three-decade career at Unilever.
Rajesh “Raj” Subramaniam has served as FedEx’s president and CEO since 2022, focusing on supply-chain modernisation.
- Who
- Anil Chakravarthy and other Indian-origin executives featured in the article, including Satya Nadella, Sundar Pichai, Neal Mohan, Kunal Shah, Arvind Krishna, Leena Nair and Rajesh “Raj” Subramaniam.
- What
- Chakravarthy’s appointment as Adobe’s CEO-designate has highlighted Indian-origin executives leading major global companies.
- When
- Chakravarthy joined Adobe in January 2020; the other executives assumed their current roles between 2014 and 2023.
- Where
- The executives lead companies including Adobe, Microsoft, Alphabet, YouTube, WhatsApp, IBM, Chanel and FedEx.
- Why
- The Adobe appointment has renewed attention on the presence of Indian-educated or Indian-origin leaders in global corporate leadership.
- Adobe CEO-designate
- Anil Chakravarthy
- Chakravarthy’s Adobe start
- January 2020
- Microsoft CEO
- Satya Nadella, since 2014
- Alphabet CEO
- Sundar Pichai, since 2019
- IBM CEO
- Arvind Krishna, since 2020
- Chanel global CEO
- Leena Nair, since 2022
- FedEx president and CEO
- Rajesh “Raj” Subramaniam, since 2022