Adobe Systems CEO Shantanu Narayen's 2021 pay falls 21% to $36M

Adobe Systems reports 2021 executive compensation

By ExecPay News

Published: March 3, 2023

Adobe Systems reported fiscal year 2021 executive compensation information on March 3, 2023.
In 2021, seven executives at Adobe Systems received on average a compensation package of $18M, a 11% decrease compared to previous year.
Average pay of disclosed executives at Adobe Systems
Shantanu Narayen, Chief Executive Officer, received $36M in total, which decreased by 21% compared to 2020. 90% of Narayen's compensation, or $32M, was in stock awards. Narayen also received $2.2M in non-equity incentive plan, $1M in salary, as well as $430K in other compensation.
For fiscal year 2021, the median employee pay was $165,733 at Adobe Systems. Therefore, the ratio of Shantanu Narayen's pay to the median employee pay was 218 to one.
Daniel Durn, Chief Financial Officer, received a compensation package of $32M. 90% of the compensation package, or $29M, was in stock awards.
David Wadhwani, President, Digital Media Business, earned $20M in 2021.
Anil Chakravarthy, President, Digital Experience Business, received $11M in 2021, which decreases by 53% compared to 2020.
Abhay Parasnis, Chief Technology Officer, earned $8.5M in 2021, a 15% decrease compared to previous year.
Scott Belsky, Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Vice President, Design and Emerging Products, received $8.4M in 2021, which decreases by 15% compared to 2020.
John Murphy, Chief Financial Officer, earned $7.8M in 2021, a 21% decrease compared to previous year.
Adobe Systems' fiscal year ends on December 2.

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Source: SEC filing on March 3, 2023.