John Warnock, co-founder of Photoshop maker Adobe, died on Saturday.
Adobe co-founder John Warnock, one of the titans of the Silicon Valley tech industry, has died at the age of 82.
“It is with profound sadness that Adobe shares the passing of the company’s beloved co-founder Dr. John Warnock,” Adobe announced in a news release. “Dr. Warnock passed away on Saturday surrounded by his family.”
No cause of death was mentioned.
Warnock will be remembered for co-founding Photoshop maker Adobe in 1982 with Charles Geschke. In a classic Silicon Valley tale, the two visionaries, who had first met while working at Xerox, reportedly started the company in the garage of Warnock’s home in Los Altos. (As the story goes, the company’s name came from the Adobe Creek that ran behind the house.
