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NVIDIA Executive Compensation (FY26)

NVDA · Santa Clara, CA · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2026
Data as of September 7, 2026Latest filing (8-K): June 30, 2026
345 figures on this page: 338 cited to the filing that reported them, 7 calculated from figures it prints. See the citations
Jen-Hsun Huang was paid $36,343,830 in total compensation as President and Chief Executive Officer for fiscal 2026, and Huang's total was 27.1% lower than the $49,866,251 reported for fiscal 2025. Meanwhile, the disclosed chief executive pay ratio for fiscal 2026 is 129:1, against median employee compensation of $282,050; shareholders supported the say-on-pay proposal with 93.2% of votes cast including abstentions in favor at the meeting held June 24, 2026 for fiscal 2026, while the disclosed peer group includes Alphabet Inc., Amazon.com, Inc., Apple Inc., Broadcom Inc. and Cisco Systems, Inc., among others.
Chief executive, fiscal 2026
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Jen-Hsun Huang
Latest say-on-pay support
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June 24, 2026
Chief executive pay ratio
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To the median employee
What changed from fiscal 2025 to fiscal 2026
The figures that moved, and by how much. Analysis of these figures is part of the Velarion platform.
Chief executive total compensation — Jen-Hsun Huang: $49,866,251 → $36,343,830 (27.1% lower)
CEO pay ratio: 166:1 → 129:1 (22.3% lower)

Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is NVIDIA's chief executive and what were they paid?
Jen-Hsun Huang was paid $36,343,830 in total compensation as President and Chief Executive Officer for fiscal 2026. Huang's total was 27.1% lower than the $49,866,251 reported for fiscal 2025.
What was NVIDIA's say-on-pay result?
Shareholders supported the say-on-pay proposal with 93.2% of votes cast including abstentions in favor at the meeting held June 24, 2026 for fiscal 2026.
Which companies are in NVIDIA's peer group?
The disclosed peer group includes Alphabet Inc., Amazon.com, Inc., Apple Inc., Broadcom Inc. and Cisco Systems, Inc., among others.
What is NVIDIA's chief executive pay ratio?
The disclosed chief executive pay ratio for fiscal 2026 is 129:1, against median employee compensation of $282,050.

Executive compensation

Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2022
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Jen-Hsun Huang
President and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Ajay Puri
Executive Vice President, Worldwide Field Operations
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Colette Kress
Executive Vice President and CFO
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Debora Shoquist
Executive Vice President, Operations
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Timothy Teter
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2023
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Jen-Hsun Huang
President and CEO
◇—◇———◇◇
Colette Kress
Executive Vice President and CFO
◇—◇———◇◇
Ajay Puri
Executive Vice President, Worldwide Field Operations
◇—◇———◇◇
Debora Shoquist
Executive Vice President, Operations
◇—◇———◇◇
Timothy Teter
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
◇—◇———◇◇
Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Jen-Hsun Huang
President and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Ajay Puri
Executive Vice President, Worldwide Field Operations
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Colette Kress
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Debora Shoquist
Executive Vice President, Operations
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Timothy Teter
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Jen-Hsun Huang
President and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Ajay Puri
EVP, Worldwide Field Operations
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Colette Kress
EVP and CFO
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Debora Shoquist
EVP, Operations
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Timothy Teter
EVP, General Counsel and Secretary
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2026
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Jen-Hsun Huang
President and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Ajay Puri
EVP, Worldwide Field Operations
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Colette Kress
EVP and CFO
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Debora Shoquist
EVP, Operations
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Timothy Teter
EVP, General Counsel and Secretary
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. A negative change in pension value is shown but, as the company reports it, not included in the total.

Equity awards granted

Individual awards as disclosed: type, date, unit counts at each level, and grant date value.
Fiscal 2026
OfficerAwardGrant dateThreshold unitsTarget unitsUnits grantedMaximum unitsExercise priceGrant date fair value
Ajay PuriRSU◇——◇——◇
Ajay PuriPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Ajay PuriPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Colette KressPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Colette KressPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Colette KressRSU◇——◇——◇
Debora ShoquistPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Debora ShoquistRSU◇——◇——◇
Debora ShoquistPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Jen-Hsun HuangPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Jen-Hsun HuangPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Timothy TeterPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Timothy TeterPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Timothy TeterRSU◇——◇——◇
Fiscal 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 are included in the PDF.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. Threshold, target and maximum apply only to performance awards and are never shown for time-based or option awards.

Outstanding awards

Awards still held at fiscal year end.
As disclosed at fiscal 2026 year end
OfficerAwardUnvested unitsMarket value of unvested unitsExercise priceExpires
Ajay PuriRSU◇◇——
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RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Colette KressPSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Timothy TeterPSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Jen-Hsun HuangPSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Debora ShoquistRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Severance and change in control

The terms as written in the agreements.
Colette Kress
EVP and CFO · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2025 filing
Equity acceleration on change in control◇
Ajay Puri
EVP, Worldwide Field Operations · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2025 filing
Equity acceleration on change in control◇
Debora Shoquist
EVP, Operations · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2025 filing
Equity acceleration on change in control◇
Timothy Teter
EVP, General Counsel and Secretary · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2025 filing
Equity acceleration on change in control◇
Jen-Hsun Huang
President and Chief Executive Officer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2025 filing
Equity acceleration on change in control◇

Director compensation

What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2026
DirectorFees earned in cashStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Persis S. Drell
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A. Brooke Seawell
◇◇————◇
Aarti Shah
◇◇————◇
Stephen C. Neal
Lead independent director
◇◇————◇
Mark A. Stevens
◇◇————◇
John O. Dabiri
◇◇————◇
Tench Coxe
◇◇————◇
Dawn Hudson
◇◇————◇
Melissa B. Lora
◇◇————◇
Harvey C. Jones
◇◇————◇
Robert K. Burgess
◇◇————◇
Ellen Ochoa
◇◇————◇
Jen-Hsun Huang served on the board in fiscal 2026 and received no compensation for board service. Executive directors are typically paid through their executive roles, shown above.
Earlier years are included in the PDF.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Director fee schedule

The standing retainers and premiums the board pays, as published.
Board cash retainer◇
Board equity retainer◇
Total board retainer◇
Equity is delivered as restricted stock units.
Stock ownership guideline: 6x annual cash retainer

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2026
  • Alphabet Inc. GOOGL
  • Amazon.com, Inc. AMZN
  • Apple Inc. AAPL
  • Broadcom Inc. AVGO
  • Cisco Systems, Inc. CSCO
  • Intel Corporation INTC
  • International Business Machines Corporation IBM
  • Meta Platforms, Inc. META
  • Microsoft Corporation MSFT
  • Netflix, Inc. NFLX
  • Oracle Corporation ORCL
  • Qualcomm Incorporated QCOM
  • Salesforce, Inc. CRM
  • Visa Inc. V

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2026June 24, 2026=◇◇◇
2025June 25, 2025=◇◇◇
2024June 26, 2024=◇◇◇
2023June 22, 2023=◇◇◇
2022June 2, 2022=◇◇◇
2021June 3, 2021=◇◇◇
2020—=◇◇◇

Chief executive pay ratio

As calculated and reported by the company.
Ratio
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Median employee compensation
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Chief executive total compensation
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Citations

Every figure on this page is cited to the document that reported it. Select any figure to see its citation.
345 figures on this page: 338 cited to the filing that reported them, 7 calculated from figures it prints.
338 cited to the filing
7 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0001045810-26-000056
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  2. 0001045810-26-000036
    Director Compensation · Director Compensation for Fiscal 2026 · Grants of Plan-Based Awards for Fiscal 2026 · Outstanding Equity Awards as of January 25, 2026 · and 2 more sections
  3. 0001045810-25-000179
  4. 0001045810-25-000095
    Compensation Discussion and Analysis · Summary Compensation Table for Fiscal 2025, 2024, and 2023
  5. 0001045810-24-000206
  6. 0001045810-24-000104
    Summary Compensation Table for Fiscal 2024, 2023, and 2022
  7. 0001045810-23-000146
  8. 0001045810-23-000080
    Summary Compensation Table for Fiscal 2023, 2022 and 2021
  9. 0001045810-22-000088
  10. 0001045810-21-000075
  11. 0001045810-20-000103
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Peers NVIDIA discloses

The companies named in NVDA's own disclosed peer group.

Alphabet Inc.Amazon.com, Inc.Apple Inc.Broadcom Inc.Cisco Systems, Inc.Intel CorporationInternational Business Machines CorporationMeta Platforms, Inc.Microsoft CorporationOracle CorporationQualcomm IncorporatedSalesforce, Inc.Visa Inc.

Terms on this page

Say-on-Pay VoteCEO Pay RatioMedian Employee CompensationAll companies
Cite this data
APA
Velarion Company Intelligence. (2026). Velarion database: executive and board compensation data (Version 2026Q3) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854
BibTeX
@misc{velarionData2026,
  author = {{Velarion Company Intelligence}},
  title = {Velarion database: executive and board compensation data},
  year = {2026},
  version = {2026Q3},
  doi = {10.5281/zenodo.22283854},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854}
}
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