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Ajay K. Puri joined NVIDIA in December 2005 as Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales and became Executive Vice
President, Worldwide Sales in January 2009. Prior to NVIDIA, he held positions in sales, marketing, and general management
over a 22-year career at Sun Microsystems, Inc., a computing systems company. Mr. Puri previously held marketing,
management consulting, and product development positions at Hewlett-Packard Company, an information technology
company, Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., a management and technology consulting company, and Texas Instruments. Mr. Puri
holds a B.S.E.E. degree from the University of Minnesota, an M.S.E.E. degree from the California Institute of Technology
and an M.B.A. degree from Harvard Business School.
David M. Shannon serves as Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and Secretary of NVIDIA. In this
role, he is responsible for NVIDIA’s legal and human resources functions, as well as intellectual property licensing. Mr.
Shannon joined NVIDIA in August 2002 as Vice President and General Counsel. Mr. Shannon became Secretary of NVIDIA
in April 2005, a Senior Vice President in December 2005 and an Executive Vice President in January 2009. In January
2013, Mr. Shannon also became the head of Human Resources. Mr. Shannon was promoted to the role of Chief Administrative
Officer in January 2014. From 1993 to 2002, Mr. Shannon held various counsel positions at Intel, most recently the position
of Vice President and Assistant General Counsel. Mr. Shannon also practiced for eight years in the law firm of Gibson Dunn
and Crutcher, focusing on complex commercial and high-technology related litigation. Mr. Shannon holds B.A. and J.D.
degrees from Pepperdine University.
Debora Shoquist joined NVIDIA in September 2007 as Senior Vice President of Operations and became Executive
Vice President of Operations in January 2009. From 2004 to 2007, Ms. Shoquist served as Executive Vice President of
Operations at JDS Uniphase Corporation, a provider of communications test and measurement solutions and optical products
for the telecommunications industry. From 2002 to 2004, Ms. Shoquist served as Senior Vice President and General Manager
of the Electro-Optics business at Coherent, Inc., a manufacturer of commercial and scientific laser equipment. Ms. Shoquist’s
experience includes her role at Quantum Corporation, a data protection company, as the President of the Personal Computer
Hard Disk Drive Division. Ms. Shoquist’s experience also includes senior roles at Hewlett-Packard. Ms. Shoquist holds a
B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Kansas State University and a B.S. degree in Biology from Santa Clara University.
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ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS
In evaluating NVIDIA and our business, the following factors should be considered in addition to the other information
in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Before you buy our common stock, you should know that making such an investment
involves some risks including, but not limited to, the risks described below. Additionally, any one of the following risks could
seriously harm our business, financial condition and results of operations, which could cause our stock price to decline.
Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also impair our
business operations.
Risks Related to Our Business, Industry and Partners
If we are unable to compete in the markets for our products, our financial results will be adversely impacted.
The market for our products is extremely competitive, and we expect competition to intensify as current competitors
expand their product offerings, industry standards continue to evolve and others realize the market potential of mobile and
consumer products and services.