Charles Geschke-Adobe co-founder

Charles Geschke, Adobe’s co-founder who aided the development of the widely used file format around the world, the Portable Document Format (PDF), died at the age of 81 in California on April 16, 2021.

We’re deeply saddened to share that our beloved co-founder, Dr. Chuck Geschke, has passed away. Chuck was a hero and guiding light for so many of us in the technology industry. He leaves an indelible mark on our company and the world. https://t.co/NYoZI29num pic.twitter.com/FhNY8iN7Dx

— Adobe (@Adobe) April 17, 2021

• Geschke co-founded Adobe in 1982 along with Dr John Warnock and transformed the company into one of the largest companies.

• PDF, which is one of the world’s most popular file formats, is used everyday by millions across the world to save and share documents, resumes, research papers, flight or railway tickets.