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Charles GesChke
By: Chris 
What Did He Do
• He co-founded Adobe in 1982 with Dr. John
Warnock.
• Adobe is the company that owns all those
really useful CS4 programs.
• He helped create many Adobe programs.
• Bought many more.
Other Things He Did
• Before Adobe, Charles worked at Xerox
PARC’s (Palo Alto Research Center)
Computer Sciences Laboratory.
• He did research on computer science,
graphics, and image processing.
• PARC specializes in developing laser
printing, GUI, and many other types of
design related things.
Background Information
• Seventy. Still alive.
• Today, he and John Warnock are co-
chairman of Adobe’s board of directors.
• Adobe started out small. Slowly flourished.
• Got some experience while working at
PARC.
• Got a Ph.D. from Carnegie-Mellon University.
• He is pretty rich.
Some Interesting Facts
• On May 26, 1992, Charles was
kidnapped outside the Abode
headquarters in California.
• Kidnappers were not very smart.
• He retired as the Adobe president in
2000.
The End
The End

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Charles Geschke

  • 2. What Did He Do • He co-founded Adobe in 1982 with Dr. John Warnock. • Adobe is the company that owns all those really useful CS4 programs. • He helped create many Adobe programs. • Bought many more.
  • 3. Other Things He Did • Before Adobe, Charles worked at Xerox PARC’s (Palo Alto Research Center) Computer Sciences Laboratory. • He did research on computer science, graphics, and image processing. • PARC specializes in developing laser printing, GUI, and many other types of design related things.
  • 4. Background Information • Seventy. Still alive. • Today, he and John Warnock are co- chairman of Adobe’s board of directors. • Adobe started out small. Slowly flourished. • Got some experience while working at PARC. • Got a Ph.D. from Carnegie-Mellon University. • He is pretty rich.
  • 5. Some Interesting Facts • On May 26, 1992, Charles was kidnapped outside the Abode headquarters in California. • Kidnappers were not very smart. • He retired as the Adobe president in 2000.