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Adobe Systems Incorporated (pronounced a-DOE-bee ) is an American computer software company headquartered in San Jose, California, USA. Adobe was founded in December 1982 by John Warnock and Charles Geschke, who established the company after leaving Xerox PARC in order to develop and sell the PostScript page description language. In 1985, Apple Computer licensed PostScript for use in its LaserWriter printers, which helped spark the desktop publishing revolution. The company name Adobe comes... full article at wikipedia

  Business

Date founded
  • Dec 1982
Headquarters
street address
city/town
state/province/region
postal code
country
  • 345 PARK AVE
  • 95110
Legal structure
Revenue
currency
amount
valid date
  • 2,575,300,000.0
  • Dec 1, 2006
Operating income
currency
amount
valid date
  • 859,100,000.0
  • Dec 1, 2006
Market capitalization
currency
amount
valid date
  • 24,000,000,000.0
  • Dec 31, 2007
Net income
Major shareholders
Number of employees
number
date
  • 6,068
  • Jan 2007
Ticker symbol
stock exchange
ticker symbol
  • ABS
  • ADBE
Slogan
Previous names
Parent company
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Acquired by
Companies acquired
company acquired
date
  • Dec 3, 2005
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