What you need to know
- Adobe co-founder Dr. Charles Geschke has died at the age of 81.
- Adobe was founded in 1982 and was COO until 1994.
PDFs, Photoshop, and more are all thanks to Geschke and Adobe.
Adobe has confirmed that its co-founder, Dr. Charles Geschke, has died at the age of 81. Geschke founded the company with Dr. John Warnock in 1982 after the pair worked at Xerox together.
Apple co-founder Steve Jobs famously didn't see eye-to-eye with Adobe, but the world has a lot to thank the company for. Sure, Flash was a problem but PDFs, Photoshop. and much more all came out of the company that Geschke helped build. And for that, we should be thankful.
Dr. Geschke co-founded Adobe in 1982 with Dr. John Warnock, a colleague from Xerox. Their first product was Adobe PostScript, a pivotal technology that sparked the desktop publishing revolution. Dr. Geschke was chief operating officer of Adobe from December 1986 to July 1994 and president from April 1989 until his retirement in April 2000. He served as chairman of the board with Dr. Warnock from September 1997 to January 2017 and a member of the board until April 2020, when he transitioned to become emeritus board member. In recognition of his technical achievements, Dr. Geschke was awarded the prestigious National Medal of Technology and Innovation, the Computer Entrepreneur Award from the IEEE Computer Society, and the American Electronics Association Medal of Honor.
You can read the memo Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen sent to employees on the Adobe website and a biography for Dr, Charles Geschke is also available in, you guessed it, PDF format as well.
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