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Adobe Headquarters & offices · San Jose, California
Adobe · San Jose, California
Four towers in downtown San Jose, a sky bridge lined with color, and a paid sabbatical of up to six weeks every five years.
The towers, the perks and the road from a garage in 1982 to the newest all-electric office tower in Silicon Valley — then the pay and the business. Every number from Adobe's own filings, benefits site and the designers' project pages.
- 4–6 weekspaid sabbatical every 5 years (U.S.)
- 31,360employees, Nov 2025
- $11,000a year from the Learning Fund
- $23.8Brevenue, FY2025
Sources: Form 10-K FY2025 · Form 8-K, Q4 FY2025 results · benefits.adobe.com (U.S.) · blog.adobe.com · Gensler project page “Adobe Founders Tower”
Companies / United States / Creative & marketing software / Adobe
THE HEADQUARTERS · DOWNTOWN SAN JOSE
Four towers downtown, and the newest is all-electric
Adobe's headquarters is four office towers in downtown San Jose. The West, East and Almaden towers opened between 1996 and 2003 and were certified LEED Platinum in 2006. Founders Tower, the fourth and largest, opened in 2023: 18 stories, room for 4,000 more people, the first all-electric building of its scale in Silicon Valley, and colors that tell you what a space is for — blue to focus, green to work together, orange to meet.
- 4 towers, 1996–2023
- Founders Tower: 18 stories
- All-electric, 100% renewable power
- LEED Platinum (first three towers, 2006)
- Interiors: Gensler
- Sky bridge to the campus
The four towers downtown
West (1996), East (1998), Almaden (2003) and Founders (2023).
Adobe offices elsewhere
Facts: blog.adobe.com (March 8, 2023) · Gensler project page and blog (April 12, 2023) · Wikipedia (tower years). Photos credited on each image.
The downtown San Jose campus
| Building | Address |
|---|---|
| Headquarters (company address) | 345 Park Avenue, San Jose, CA 95110 |
| West Tower (1996) | Downtown San Jose campus · 18 floors, 391,000 sq ft |
| East Tower (1998) | Downtown San Jose campus · 16 floors, 325,000 sq ft |
| Almaden Tower (2003) | 151 South Almaden Boulevard · 273,000 sq ft |
| Founders Tower (2023) | Downtown San Jose campus · 18 stories |
Source: Proxy statement 2026 (address) · Wikipedia, “Adobe World Headquarters” (tower years, floors and areas) · See them on the map ↓
Source: blog.adobe.com, March 8, 2023 (1.25M sq ft including the building as a whole, 4,000 people, all-electric kitchen) · Gensler project page (interiors, WELL; 700,000 sq ft of office space) · Wikipedia (HOK, LEED Platinum 2006)
Benefits (United States)
Exempt employees get flexible paid time off with no fixed number of days.
The whole company closes for a summer week (June 29–July 3, 2026) and over the winter holidays (Dec 24–31).
Extra global days off in 2026: March 20, June 29, August 21 and October 30.
4 weeks at 5 years, 5 weeks at 10 years, 6 weeks at 15 years and every 5 years after.
A year, for university study and short-term learning.
A year back for the gym, classes, music lessons, massage, financial planning or pet care.
Buy Adobe stock at least 15% below market value, with the price locked for up to 24 months.
Donations matched 1:1, and $25 for every hour volunteered, up to $10,000 a year combined.
Source: benefits.adobe.com (U.S.): vacation and paid holidays, sabbatical, wellbeing reimbursement, ESPP, discounts, social impact and awards · Form 10-K FY2025 (Learning Fund)
How Adobe keeps people, in its own words
Voluntary and involuntary departures together, as reported in the annual report.
Employees can use up to $11,000 a year for university study and short-term learning.
Adobe posts roles internally first, so employees can move teams before Adobe hires outside.
Paid sabbatical after 5, 10 and 15 years, then every 5 years (U.S.).
Share of employees who answered the most recent engagement survey.
Employees assigned to an office can split their time between office and home about half and half.
Source: Form 10-K FY2025, Human Capital · benefits.adobe.com (U.S. sabbatical)
Who works here
employees (Nov 28, 2025)
total attrition in FY2025
employees in December 1995, the year before the move to San Jose
founded by John Warnock and Charles Geschke
Source: Form 10-K FY2025 and FY1995, Item 1
Office history: from a garage to four towers downtown
- 1982 Started in John Warnock's garage
John Warnock and Charles Geschke founded Adobe in December 1982. The company began in Warnock's garage and took its name from Adobe Creek, which ran behind his house in Los Altos.
Source: Wikipedia, “Adobe Inc.”
Adobe Creek, Los Altos, 2017 · Dicklyon / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons - 1980s–1996 Mountain View, 1585 Charleston Road
Through the PostScript (1985), Photoshop (1990) and Acrobat (1993) years, Adobe was based in Mountain View. Its 1995 annual report gives the headquarters as 1585 Charleston Road, with about 290,000 sq ft there.
Source: Form 10-K FY1995, cover and Item 2 · Adobe timeline (adobe.com)
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 1996 Downtown San Jose: the West Tower
Adobe says it has called San Jose home since 1994, when it became the first major tech company to move its corporate headquarters to downtown San Jose. Its first tower there, the 18-floor West Tower, opened in 1996.
Source: blog.adobe.com, March 8, 2023 · Wikipedia (tower year)
The West and East towers, 2006 · User Coolcaesar on en.wikipedia / CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons - 1998 The East Tower
A 16-floor tower was built next to the West Tower.
Source: Wikipedia, “Adobe World Headquarters”
East Tower, 2024 · Xnatedawgx / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons - 2003 The Almaden Tower
The third tower opened on South Almaden Boulevard. In 2006 the artist Ben Rubin added four rotating lights on top — a code people have spent years cracking.
Source: Wikipedia, “Adobe World Headquarters”
Almaden Tower, 2024 · Xnatedawgx / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons - 2023 Founders Tower
The fourth and largest tower, named for Warnock and Geschke, opened with room for 4,000 more people, a food hall, adventure rooms for podcasts, VR, crafts and music, and a sky bridge to the rest of the campus.
Source: blog.adobe.com, March 8, 2023 · Gensler blog, April 12, 2023
Founders Tower, 2023 · Photo: Jason O’Rear / Gensler
Map: how the headquarters moved
Adobe has stayed within about 25 km: from Los Altos to Mountain View, then south to downtown San Jose, where it has added a tower roughly every few years.
- 1 · 1982Los Altos — Warnock's garage; Adobe Creek ran behind the house (street address not published — marker at the city centre)
- 2 · 1980s–19961585 Charleston Road, Mountain View — Headquarters in the PostScript and Photoshop years
- 3 · 1996–today345 Park Avenue, San Jose — Four towers downtown, the newest opened in 2023
Addresses: Form 10-K FY1995 cover · Proxy statement 2026 · Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors
What Adobe does
Adobe makes software for creating, editing and publishing — Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, Acrobat and Express — and for running digital marketing. Most of its money comes from subscriptions.
Three reporting segments in FY2025 — Digital Media, Digital Experience, and Publishing and Advertising — combined into one segment from FY2026.
Where the money came from · revenue by segment, FY2025
Source: Form 8-K, Q4 and FY2025 results (Dec 10, 2025). Publishing and Advertising = total minus the two segments, calculated by eciffo.
Source: Form 8-K, Q4 FY2025 results · Form 10-K FY2025 (employees) · per-employee figure calculated by eciffo
Growth: revenue vs. people
$5.9B → $23.8B
15,706 → 31,360
Fiscal years end around the start of December. Revenue and employees: Form 10-K for each year. Multiples calculated by eciffo.
Chief executives
CEO for 18 years; becomes Executive Chair on December 1, 2026.
Named President and CEO on September 3, 2026, effective December 1.
Co-founders: John Warnock and Charles Geschke (1982).
Source: news.adobe.com, September 3, 2026 · Form 8-K, March 12, 2026
Adobe: questions people ask
Where is Adobe's headquarters?
In downtown San Jose, California. The company address is 345 Park Avenue, San Jose, CA 95110, and the campus is four towers: West, East, Almaden and Founders.
Source: Proxy statement 2026 · blog.adobe.com
What is Founders Tower?
Adobe's fourth and largest tower, opened in 2023 and named for co-founders John Warnock and Charles Geschke. It has 18 stories and room for 4,000 more people.
Source: blog.adobe.com, March 8, 2023
Who designed Adobe's offices?
Gensler designed the interiors of Founders Tower. The original three towers were designed by HOK.
Source: Gensler project page · Wikipedia
Is Founders Tower sustainable?
Adobe calls it the first all-electric building of its scale in Silicon Valley, powered by solar and wind energy, with a 50,000 sq ft all-electric kitchen. It is LEED certified and WELL certified.
Source: blog.adobe.com · Gensler project page
What do the colors inside Founders Tower mean?
Blue marks spaces for focus, green for working together, and orange for social spaces and gatherings.
Source: blog.adobe.com · Gensler blog
Where was Adobe founded?
In John Warnock's garage in 1982. The name comes from Adobe Creek, which ran behind his house in Los Altos. Adobe was later based in Mountain View, and moved its headquarters to downtown San Jose in the mid-1990s; its first tower there opened in 1996.
Source: Wikipedia · Form 10-K FY1995
Does Adobe give sabbaticals?
Yes, in the U.S.: 4 weeks at 5 years, 5 weeks at 10 years, and 6 weeks at 15 years and every 5 years after.
Source: benefits.adobe.com (U.S.)
How much vacation do Adobe employees get?
Salaried (exempt) U.S. employees get flexible paid time off with no fixed number of days, plus company-wide breaks in summer and at year-end.
Source: benefits.adobe.com (U.S.)
Does Adobe work in the office or from home?
Employees assigned to an office can split their time between the office and home roughly half and half.
Source: Form 10-K FY2025
How many people work at Adobe?
31,360 as of November 28, 2025 — half in the United States and half elsewhere.
Source: Form 10-K FY2025
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