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Employees
As of January 26, 2014, we had 8,808 employees, 6,384 of whom were engaged in research and development and 2,424
of whom were engaged in sales, marketing, operations and administrative positions.
Environmental Regulatory Compliance
To date, we have not incurred significant expenses related to environmental regulatory compliance matters. For
additional detail see “Item 1A. Risk Factors - Risks Related to Regulatory, Legal, Our Common Stock and Other Matters
- Our failure to comply with any applicable environmental regulations could result in a range of consequences, including
fines, suspension of production, excess inventory, sales limitations, and criminal and civil liabilities.”
Financial Information by Reporting Segment and Geographic Data
The information included in Note 16 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Part IV, Item 15 of this
Annual Report on Form 10-K, including financial information by reporting segment and revenue and long-lived assets by
geographic region, is hereby incorporated by reference. For additional detail regarding the risks attendant to our foreign
operations see “Item 1A. Risk Factors - Risks Related to Our Business, Industry and Partners - We are subject to risks
associated with international operations which may harm our business.”
Executive Officers of the Registrant
The following sets forth certain information regarding our executive officers, their ages and their positions as of March 7,
2014:
Name Age Position
Jen-Hsun Huang 51 President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
Colette M. Kress 46 Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Ajay K. Puri 59 Executive Vice President, Worldwide Sales
David M. Shannon 58 Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and Secretary
Debora Shoquist 59 Executive Vice President, Operations
Jen-Hsun Huang co-founded NVIDIA in April 1993 and has served as its President, Chief Executive Officer and a
member of the Board of Directors since its inception. From 1985 to 1993, Mr. Huang was employed at LSI Logic Corporation,
a computer chip manufacturer, where he held a variety of positions, most recently as Director of Coreware, the business
unit responsible for LSI's “system-on-chip” strategy. From 1983 to 1985, Mr. Huang was a microprocessor designer for
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., a semiconductor company. Mr. Huang holds a B.S.E.E. degree from Oregon State University
and an M.S.E.E. degree from Stanford University.
Colette M. Kress joined NVIDIA in September 2013 as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior
to NVIDIA, Ms. Kress most recently served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Business Technology
and Operations Finance organization at Cisco Systems, Inc., a networking equipment company, since 2010. At Cisco, Ms.
Kress was responsible for financial strategy, planning, reporting and business development for all business segments,
engineering and operations. From 1997 to 2010 Ms. Kress held a variety of positions at Microsoft Corporation, a software
company, including, beginning in 2006, Chief Financial Officer of the Server and Tools division, where Ms. Kress was
responsible for financial strategy, planning, reporting and business development for the division. Prior to joining Microsoft,
Ms. Kress spent eight years at Texas Instruments Incorporated, a semiconductor company, where she held a variety of
finance positions. Ms. Kress holds a B.S. degree in Finance from University of Arizona and an M.B.A. degree from Southern
Methodist University.