Nvidia's 10-Member Board Combines Long Tenure With Varied Experience

Nvidia’s 10-member board brings together experience in investing, law, technology and academia.

Tench Coxe and Harvey C. Jones have served since 1993. Mark A. Stevens first joined in 1993, left the board in 2006 and returned in 2008.

Coxe was a managing director at Sutter Hill Ventures from 1989 to 2020. Jones was CEO of Synopsys when he joined Nvidia’s board and has been managing partner at Square Wave Ventures since 2004. Nvidia bought Synopsys shares for $2 billion in 2025.

Stevens, an early Nvidia investor, is now managing partner at S-Cubed Capital. He previously held that role at Sequoia Capital. Director A. Brooke Seawell joined in 1997 and is a partner at New Enterprise Associates; before that, he was an executive at NetDynamics, which Sun Microsystems later acquired.

Director Stephen C. Neal joined in 2019. He is chairman emeritus and senior counsel at Cooley, which has long advised Nvidia on legal matters. Hudson was CEO of PepsiCo North America before becoming the NFL’s chief marketing officer; she joined Nvidia’s board in 2013.

John O. Dabiri and Aarti Shah joined the board in 2020. Dabiri is a professor of aeronautics and mechanical engineering at Caltech and received the National Medal of Science. Shah spent 27 years at Eli Lilly, serving as senior vice president and chief information and digital officer.

Director Melissa B. Lora joined in 2023 after serving as president of Taco Bell’s international business. Suzanne Nora Johnson, the board’s newest member, joined in July 2026 after 21 years at Goldman Sachs, where she was vice chair.