Nvidia is staffing up as it draws heightened scrutiny. These are the key leaders it gained and lost last year.

Core Insights - Nvidia is enhancing its leadership and technical teams, reflecting its growing prominence and wealth in the AI chip market [1][3] Leadership Changes - Alison Wagonfeld has been appointed as Nvidia's first chief marketing officer, previously serving at Google Cloud [2][16] - Kristin Major joined as senior vice president of human resources, bringing over 13 years of experience from Hewlett Packard Enterprise [8] - Jiantao Jiao, a former CEO and cofounder of Nexusflow AI, is now a director of research at Nvidia, focusing on AI post-training and infrastructure [10] - Mark Weatherford has taken on the role of head of cybersecurity policy and strategic engagement, with a background in public and private sector cybersecurity [11] - Krysta Svore, previously at Microsoft, is now vice president of applied research in quantum computing at Nvidia [13] - Danny Auble, after Nvidia's acquisition of his startup SchedMD, serves as senior director of system software [14] - Jonathan Ross and Sunny Madra, founders of Groq, joined Nvidia following a significant licensing deal [15] Acquisitions and Talent Strategy - Nvidia has utilized its balance sheet to acquire talent through startup deals, enhancing its software capabilities and market engagement [2][3] - The company completed a $900 million acqui-hire of Enfabrica, which specializes in GPU clustering for AI workloads [12] Departures - Key leaders have departed Nvidia, including Dieter Fox, who left for Ai2, and Minwoo Park, who joined Hyundai [17][19] - The company also experienced the loss of board members Ellen Ochoa and Rob Burgess in 2025 [20]