The Top NVIDIA Employees
List of notable or famous NVIDIA employees, listed alphabetically with photos when available. This list is a directory of the best NVIDIA employees, showcasing only the most prominent NVIDIA employees of all time. This list features past and present top NVIDIA managers, including both current and retired NVIDIA executives and alumni. Well-known NVIDIA staff along with current and former NVIDIA employees were and still are crucial to the company's success, as without these hard working men and women NVIDIA would never be what it is today.
List includes Jen-Hsun Huang, John Brennan and more.
This renowned NVIDIA employees list answers the questions, "What famous people have worked at NVIDIA?" and "Who are the most famous NVIDIA employees?"- Photo:
Brian M. Kelleher
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Chris Malachowsky (born c. 1958) is an American electrical engineer, one of the founders of computer graphics company Nvidia. Raised in the Oakhurst section of Ocean Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey, Malachowsky graduated from Ocean Township High School in 1976. He received a B.S. degree in 1983 in electrical engineering from the University of Florida and an M.S. degree in 1986 from Santa Clara University. In 2008, he received the Distinguished Alumni Award from Santa Clara University and received Distinguished Alumni Award from University of Florida College of Engineering in 2013. Early in his career, he worked for Hewlett-Packard and Sun Microsystems. He co-founded Nvidia in April 1993 with Curtis Priem and Jen-Hsun Huang and is a Senior Vice President for Engineering and Operations.- Photo:
Daniel F. Vivoli
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David Kirk
David B. Kirk is a computer scientist currently working for NVIDIA. Kirk holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from the California Institute of Technology. From 1989 to 1991, Kirk was an engineer for Apollo Systems Division of Hewlett-Packard. From 1993 to 1996, Kirk was Chief Scientist and Head of Technology for Crystal Dynamics, a video game manufacturing company. From 1997 to 2009 he was NVIDIA's chief scientist and he is an NVIDIA Fellow.In 2002, Kirk received the ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics Achievement Award for his significant contributions to bringing high performance graphics hardware to the mass market. In 2006 Kirk was elected to the National Academy of Engineering. Kirk is the inventor of 50 patents and patent applications relating to graphics design and underlying graphics algorithms.- Photo:
David M. Shannon
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Debora Shoquist
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Dwight Diercks
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Frank Fox
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Gopal Solanki
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Jay Puri
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Jeff Fisher
- Jen-Hsun "Jensen" Huang (Chinese: ้ปไปๅณ; pinyin: Huรกng Rรฉnxลซn; born February 17, 1963) is a Taiwanese-born American businessman and electrical engineer. He co-founded the graphics-processor company Nvidia in 1993 and has served as its president and CEO since inception. Huang graduated from Oregon State University before moving to California. He graduated with a master's degree from Stanford University. In 2008, Forbes listed him as the 61st highest paid CEO in a list of U.S. CEOs and one of the wealthiest Asian Americans.
- Birthplace: Taipei, Taiwan
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John Brennan brings more than 25 years of experience to his role of leading the hardware engineering team at Azul. John has led the development of highly scalable computer systems (up to 1024 CPUs) in addition to having led the development of state of the art microprocessors. Prior to joining Azul, John was the Vice President of Engineering for Professional and Embedded Solutions at NVIDIA, leading a team which developed standalone Graphics solutions for use in professional workstations. Prior to NVIDA, John was the Vice President of Engineering for Chelsio communications where he led both the HW and SW development of a 10Gbit ethernet protocol offload product. Prior to Chelsio, John spent 4 1/2 years at Sun Microsystems where he was Vice President of Hardware Engineering for the midrange and highend server products. At its peak, this product line generated ~$4Billion of annual revenue which represented about 25% of the revenue for Sun Microsystems. While at Sun, John led the development of the Sun Fire 3800, 4800, 6800, E15k, E25k and their follow-on products. Prior Sun, John spent 9+ years at Silicon Graphics where he led the development of the Origin 3000 server product line (a distributed shared memory machine which scaled up to 1024 CPUs). the development of the R10000 microprocessor, and the development of the R8000 microprocessor. John has been in the computer industry since 1981; during this time he as always been involved in the development of either advanced CPUs or multiprocessor systems. He has worked Magnuson Computer Systems, Synapse Computer, Cydrome, and Tandem Computers. John graduated from University of California at Berkeley with a BS degree in Electrical Enigineering and Computer Science. He also holds a Masters degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.- Photo:
Jonah M. Alben
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Joseph D. Greco
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Marvin D. Burkett
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Michael W. Hara
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Philip J. Carmack
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Sam Brown
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Scott P. Sullivan
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Tommy Lee, born Thomas Lee Bass on October 3, 1962, is an American musician and songwriter renowned for his exceptional talent as a drummer. He catapulted to fame as one of the founding members of Mรถtley Crรผe, a heavy metal band that dominated the music scene in the 1980s. Born in Athens, Greece, but raised in California, Lee's passion for music was evident from an early age. His first drum set was a Christmas gift from his parents when he was just four years old. This early start would set the stage for his future success. Lee's career with Mรถtley Crรผe began in 1981. The band quickly gained notoriety, not only for their electrifying performances and hard-hitting songs but also for their controversial lifestyle offstage. Throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, Mรถtley Crรผe released multiple platinum-selling albums, including Shout at the Devil, Theatre of Pain, and Dr. Feelgood. Lee's powerful drumming style became a defining feature of the band's sound. In addition to this, he is known for his theatrical performances involving roller coaster drum kits and elevated platforms. Lee's personal life has been as colorful as his professional career, with several high-profile relationships and marriages, including those with actresses Heather Locklear and Pamela Anderson. His tumultuous relationship with Anderson, marked by scandal and legal troubles, was heavily covered in the media. Despite the ups and downs, Lee continued to innovate musically. After leaving Mรถtley Crรผe in 1999, he formed the rap-metal band Methods of Mayhem and later released several solo albums. With his signature fusion of heavy metal and electronic music, Tommy Lee remains an influential figure in the world of rock music.- Birthplace: Athens, Greece
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