Laura Fay, a longtime Nvidia marketing executive who reported to CEO Jensen Huang, retired in July after roughly a decade at the AI chip giant.
Fay formerly served as Nvidia’s vice president of global enterprise marketing, overseeing campaigns, events, analyst relations, and partner marketing. She said her team grew from roughly 60 to 600 people by the time she left.
Fay was among 36 employees on an internal list obtained by Business Insider last year of company leaders reporting directly to Huang. Prior to joining Nvidia, she spent 22 years at Cisco, concluding her tenure there as VP of global marketing.
Fay said Huang recruited her to build Nvidia’s enterprise marketing organization as the company looked to expand beyond gaming.
“I want to change the world, and I want you to change it with me,” she recalled him telling her on their first call.
Fay said she began considering retirement around her 10th anniversary in January, though a call from Huang congratulating her and expressing hope that she’d stick around for another decade persuaded her to stay a little longer.
Nvidia declined to comment.
Fay’s retirement came as Nvidia also brought in new marketing leadership. In February, the company hired Google Cloud executive Alison Wagonfeld as its first chief marketing officer.
The Wall Street Journal reported at the time that Wagonfeld would oversee all marketing and communications teams and assume responsibilities previously divided among several leaders.
Those changes follow another longtime marketing departure. Greg Estes, Nvidia’s former vice president of corporate marketing and developer programs, retired in 2025 after roughly 15 years at the company.
Several other longtime Nvidians have retired this year, including sales chief Jay Puri, chief accounting officer Donald Robertson, and VP of hardware engineering Robert Huang. Some retirees told Business Insider that Nvidia’s exponential stock run helped precipitate their decisions.
Nvidia’s communications organization has also undergone a shake-up as scrutiny around the company has intensified, with roughly 15 employees departing since 2025 amid a reorganization under new leadership.
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