Chris Malachowsky

Chris Malachowsky

American electrical engineer (born 1959)

Chris Malachowsky (born May 2, 1959) is an American electrical engineer and business executive who is a co-founder, 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.2

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Born May 2, 1959.1

Companies

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedSCU Leavey School of Business3
  • Date not recordedUniversity of Florida3
  • Date not recordedOcean Township High School3
  • Date not recordedSanta Clara University3

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.

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Career

Occupation: engineer.5

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 co-founded the company and went on to become its Senior Vice President for Engineering and Operations.

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."

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Personal life

  • CitizenshipUnited States6

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