Adobe Inc. is eyeing two internal leaders in its quest for a new chief executive officer and has hired a well-known search firm to find external candidates who could be suited to running the company in the AI era.
David Wadhwani and Anil Chakravarthy, the heads of Adobe’s two main business units, are the leading in-house candidates to become the company’s next CEO, according to people with knowledge of the process.
At the same time, the creative software maker has tapped search firm Heidrick & Struggles International Inc. to look for external candidates, particularly those who have experience developing ...