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to our products and the technology used in connection with our products. We also rely on international treaties, organizations
and foreign laws to protect our intellectual property. The laws of certain foreign countries in which our products are or may
be manufactured or sold, including various countries in Asia, may not protect our products or intellectual property rights
to the same extent as the laws of the United States. This decreased protection makes the possibility of piracy of our technology
and products more likely. We continuously assess whether and where to seek formal protection for particular innovations
and technologies based on such factors as:
• the location in which our products are manufactured;
• our strategic technology or product directions in different countries;
• the degree to which intellectual property laws exist and are meaningfully enforced in different jurisdictions; and
• the commercial significance of our operations and our competitors' operations in particular countries and regions.
We have also licensed technology from third parties for incorporation in some of our products and for defensive reasons,
and expect to continue to enter into such license agreements.
Employees
As of January 31, 2016, we had 9,227 employees, 6,566 of whom were engaged in research and development and 2,661
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.
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 reportable 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 and
uncertainties 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 positions as of March 11,
2016:
Name Age Position
Jen-Hsun Huang 53 President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
Colette M. Kress 48 Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Ajay K. Puri 61 Executive Vice President, Worldwide Field Operations
David M. Shannon 60 Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and Secretary
Debora Shoquist 61 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 including as Director of Coreware, the business unit
responsible for LSI's “system-on-chip”. From 1983 to 1985, Mr. Huang was a microprocessor designer for Advanced Micro