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Company Profile - Adobe

345 Park Ave.
San Jose, CA 95110-2704

Phone: 408-536-6000
Fax: 408-537-6000
Website: www.adobe.com
Ticker Symbol: ADBE

Key Facts

Adobe Ventures invests in companies with a potential strategic impact on Adobe’s business.
Has been cooperating with the U.S. government in its investigation of ElcomSoft, a Russian company that was selling a product that allowed users to bypass Adobe Acrobat eBook Reader security features.
Key Financial Facts
2002 revenue: $1,165 million
1-yr. growth rate: -5 percent

Personnel Highlights
Number of employees (2001): 3,029
1-yr. growth rate: 1 percent

Company Overview
Adobe is the industry standard when it comes to desktop publishing software. Among its well-known products are PageMaker, Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, and the quintessential Acrobat Reader, which allows computer users to view documents in portable document format (PDF). It also does business in the Web design and publishing market via its GoLive software, and has made a mark in the digital video manipulation market via its Premiere software line.

The company was founded in 1982, and originally supplied products for the Macintosh platform exclusively until the early 1990s. Its close association with Apple facilitated Adobe’s famous low-key and people-oriented corporate atmosphere.

Major Line of Business : Computer Software

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