Chris Malachowsky
American electrical engineer (born 1959)
Chris Malachowsky (born May 2, 1959) is an American electrical engineer and business executive who is a cofounder, along with Jensen Huang and Curtis Priem, of the American technology company Nvidia. Malachowsky has worked for Nvidia since its founding in 1993 and is a senior vice president for engineering and operations.
01Early life
Raised in the Oakhurst section of Ocean Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey, Malachowsky graduated from Ocean Township High School in 1976. He received a B.S. degree in 1983, in electrical engineering from the University of Florida and an M.S. degree in 1986 from Santa Clara University.
02Career
Early in his career, Malachowsky worked for Hewlett-Packard and Sun Microsystems. While working at Sun Microsystems, he became coworkers with Jensen Huang and Curtis Priem. In April 1993, the three conceived of Nvidia during a meeting at Denny's. Malachowsky went on to become a Senior Vice President for Engineering and Operations at Nvidia.
Malachowsky Hall
In November 2023, the Malachowsky Hall for Data Science & Information Technology was officially opened at the University of Florida. Malachowsky invested $25 million in the creation of HiPerGator AI, which UF claimed to be "the fastest supercomputer owned and operated by a university in the U.S."
03Honors
- 2008 Distinguished Alumni Award from Santa Clara University
- 2017 Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Florida College of Engineering in 2017
- 2019 Florida Inventors Hall of Fame
- 2026 IEEE Robert N. Noyce Medal
Sources and credits
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