NVIDIA names Nicholas Parker, after 26 years at Microsoft, executive vice president of worldwide field operations

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NVIDIA appointed Nicholas Parker, 55, who spent 26 years at Microsoft, as Executive Vice President, Worldwide Field Operations on Jul 1, 2026, with his employment then anticipated to start on Aug 24, 2026. Ajay K. Puri, Executive Vice President, Worldwide Field Operations, notified NVIDIA on Jun 28, 2026 that he intended to retire when his successor started. Parker was to receive an annual base salary of $1,000,000, a sign-on bonus of $5,000,000 and two new-hire stock grants: restricted stock units, which vest over time, with a target value of $35,000,000, and performance-based units with a target value of $5,000,000. The company reported the changes in an 8-K (a US company's report of a material event) whose earliest event is dated Jun 28, 2026, and it is on the SEC's EDGAR site.1^,2^,3^,4^,5^,6