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Adobe

The PC Era · 1990s — one of the 100 companies on the MogulSpin reels.

The legends

John Warnock — Created PostScript & PDF

Co-founder

Co-founder
Created PostScript and the PDF

Charles Geschke — Co-founder

Co-founder
Once survived a kidnapping

Shantanu Narayen

CEO who moved Adobe to the cloud

Bruce Chizen

CEO who drove Creative Suite

Thomas & John Knoll

Created Photoshop

Also on the roster

Hambrecht & Quist · Institutional holders

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