Who is the CEO of Nvidia?

Jensen Huang, who co-founded Nvidia in 1993 and has been its president and CEO ever since. He is widely regarded as the architect of Nvidia's GPU and AI strategy.

Nvidia was founded in 1993 by Jensen Huang, Chris Malachowsky, and Curtis Priem. Huang remains CEO and Malachowsky remains with the company; Priem has retired.

How many employees does Nvidia have?

Nvidia had roughly 42,000 employees as of fiscal 2026 (up from ~36,000 a year earlier), an unusually small headcount relative to its $215.9B+ revenue.

Who should you contact to sell into Nvidia?

It depends on what you sell: the relevant functional budget owner (IT, data-center operations, engineering, or developer relations) plus IT/security and finance. Strategy sits with Jensen Huang and his EVPs, but they rarely run individual procurement.

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Who are Nvidia's decision-makers?

Nvidia is led by Jensen Huang, who co-founded the company in 1993 and has been CEO ever since — one of the longest-tenured founder-CEOs in technology. He sits atop a famously flat organization with a small, durable executive bench: CFO Colette Kress, worldwide field-operations chief Jay Puri, operations head Debora Shoquist, and co-founder Chris Malachowsky among them. For sellers, the practical decision-makers vary by what you sell — Huang and his EVPs set strategy, but budget owners sit inside functions like data-center operations, IT, and developer programs.

CEO: Jensen Huang (since 1993)
Key exec: Colette Kress, CFO
Founded: 1993
Employees: ~42,000 (FY2026)
HQ: Santa Clara, California
Notable: World's most valuable company (~$5T)

Jensen HuangFounder, President & CEOCo-founder · since 1993Set the GPU and CUDA strategy that made Nvidia the platform for modern AI; one of the longest-serving founder-CEOs in tech.
Chris MalachowskyCo-founder, SVP & NVIDIA FellowCo-founder · since 1993Former Sun Microsystems engineer; remains an engineering leader and company elder statesman.
Colette KressEVP & Chief Financial OfficerSince 2013Ex-Microsoft and Cisco finance leader; runs financial planning, IR, and corporate development — a key voice on Nvidia's guidance.
Jay PuriEVP, Worldwide Field OperationsSince 2005Owns global sales, partner, and go-to-market execution — the top commercial decision-maker for enterprise and cloud accounts.
Debora ShoquistEVP, OperationsSince 2007Runs global supply chain, manufacturing, and operations — critical given GPU supply constraints.
Tim TeterEVP, General Counsel & SecretarySince 2017Leads legal, IP, and regulatory matters including export-control compliance.

Who leads Nvidia?

Jensen Huang is the founder, president, and CEO, and has run Nvidia since 1993 — he set the GPU and CUDA strategy that made the company the platform for modern AI. Before Nvidia he was a director at LSI Logic and an engineer at AMD. His co-founders were Chris Malachowsky and Curtis Priem, both formerly of Sun Microsystems; Malachowsky remains with the company as an SVP and NVIDIA Fellow, while Priem has long since retired.

The senior team is notably long-serving. CFO Colette Kress joined in 2013 from Microsoft and Cisco; Jay Puri has led worldwide field operations (global sales and go-to-market) since 2005; Debora Shoquist has run operations since 2007; and Tim Teter has been general counsel since 2017. That continuity means relationships and reputation carry real weight inside the company.

Who actually makes buying decisions at Nvidia?

Strategy is set at the top by Huang and his EVPs, but day-to-day purchasing authority is distributed across functions. For enterprise technology and SaaS, expect IT, security, and the relevant functional leader (e.g. data-center operations, engineering platforms, or developer relations) to own the budget and run procurement.

Colette Kress's finance organization governs spend discipline and approvals, while Jay Puri's field-operations group is the place to understand Nvidia's own go-to-market priorities if you are a partner or co-sell motion. Large deals will typically involve a buying committee spanning the budget owner, IT/security, legal, and finance, so mapping each of those roles early is the difference between a fast deal and a stalled one.

How is Nvidia organized as it scales?

Nvidia is famous for running flat — Huang is reported to have dozens of direct reports and prefers broad information sharing over rigid hierarchy. The company is organized around platforms (data center, gaming, professional visualization, automotive) and a deep software/CUDA organization, supported by centralized operations and supply-chain functions given how constrained GPU supply is.

With roughly 42,000 employees against $215.9B+ in revenue, Nvidia is unusually high-revenue-per-employee, which means headcount growth lags revenue and decision-making stays concentrated among experienced leaders rather than diffusing into many layers. For a seller, that concentration is an advantage once you reach the right function — fewer hops to a real decision-maker.

As of June 2026.Sources:NVIDIA — corporate leadership The Org — Nvidia leadership team