[15][10] Narayen joined Adobe in 1998 as senior vice president of worldwide product development, a position he held through 2001.

[1] In November 2007, Adobe announced that Bruce Chizen would step down as CEO effective December 1, 2007, to be replaced by Narayen.

[16] As CEO, Narayen[17] led the transformation of the company, moving its creative and digital document software franchises – which include flagship programs such as Photoshop, Premiere Pro, and Acrobat/PDF – from the desktop to the cloud.

[1] In addition, during his tenure as CEO, Adobe has entered the digital experiences category, an expansion which began with the company’s acquisition of Omniture in 2009.

[23][24] In 2023, Narayen's total compensation from Adobe was $44.9 million, up 42% from the previous year and representing a CEO-to-median worker pay ratio of 229-to-1.

[2] He met his wife Reni while at Bowling Green State University in the mid 1980s;[12][31] she has a doctorate in clinical psychology.