EVP and CFO · NVIDIA CORP (NVDA)

Colette Kress

A named executive officer of NVIDIA in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2015 to FY2026. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2026

$14,340,850

FY2025: $21,362,532

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed May 12, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-10.

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Colette Kress compensation by year

NVIDIA Summary Compensation Table · all 12 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as NVIDIA reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026
Salary$773,774$789,680$769,609$899,120$896,863$896,863$915,620$896,595$897,149$896,863$893,739$898,577
Bonus$1,500,000$1,000,000$0$0$0—$0$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$2,247,920$2,692,935$3,299,770$3,327,973$3,791,203$3,307,188$6,595,691$8,269,020$10,004,677$11,756,027$19,849,891$12,825,872
Option awards$0$0$0$0$0—$0$0$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$550,000$409,906$550,000$600,000$278,700$219,667$600,000$600,000$0$600,000$600,000$600,000
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0—$0$0$0$0$0$0
All other$3,210$3,710$4,286$6,622$8,622$9,122$9,731$10,312$15,402$13,902$18,902$16,402
Total$5,074,904$4,896,231$4,623,665$4,833,715$4,975,388$4,432,840$8,121,042$9,775,927$10,917,228$13,266,792$21,362,532$14,340,850

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: NVIDIA CORP DEF 14A filed May 12, 2026, accession 0001045810-26-000036, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the NVIDIA CORP filed document, accession 0001045810-26-000036. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed May 12, 2026.

$5.1M
$4.9M
$4.6M
$4.8M
$5.0M
$4.4M
$8.1M
$9.8M
$10.9M
$13.3M
$21.4M
$14.3M
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SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2026 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU213,010$39,975,587—
PSU95,780$17,975,033—
RSU61,970$11,629,910—
RSU57,100$10,715,957—
PSU57,100$10,715,957—
RSU53,890$10,113,536—
RSU53,880$10,111,660—
RSU49,560$9,300,925—
RSU46,399$8,707,700—
RSU10,970$2,058,740—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in NVIDIA CORP's FY2026 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

5 Form 4 lines since the FY2026 proxy (filed May 12, 2026)
current to 2026-11-10 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-09-17Sale10b5-120,369$219.02774,971
2026-09-17Sale10b5-14,681$218.01795,340
2026-09-17Sale10b5-19,868$219.59765,103
2026-09-16Tax withholding10b5-140,747$212.17800,021
2026-06-17Tax withholding—40,746$207.41840,641

The 5 most recent of 5 lines, each as reported on the Form 4. "10b5-1" marks a trade the filing reports under a pre-arranged trading plan. View every Form 4 filing on EDGAR →

NVIDIA’s named executive officers, FY2026

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2026 total
Jen-Hsun HuangPresident and Chief Executive Officer$36,343,830
Ajay PuriEVP, Worldwide Field Operations$14,777,327
Colette Kress · this pageEVP and CFO$14,340,850
Debora ShoquistEVP, Operations$14,294,710
Timothy TeterEVP, General Counsel and Secretary$14,276,382

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