The company was founded in December 1982. Its headquarters is located in San Jose, California, U.S. Besides, there are some major branches in Minneapolis and Hamburg. Almost 100% of company's shares are outstanding; among the shareholders of the company there are such organizations as Primecap Management Company (8.99% of shares), Valueact Holdings LP (6.11%), Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (5.55%). Annual income of Adobe Systems approximates to $4 billion; its capitalization is $16.5 billion. The earnings in 2013 amounted to $1 billion.

The company puts out special software products that are used by marketing professionals and application builders. Adobe Systems dominates as a program creator for graphic design, publishing, web- and printing products.

Company's products distribution is carried out directly through application stores and personal web resource of the organization. Besides, Adobe production can be bought from official distributors, resellers, third-party software suppliers, and also from retailers.