Nvidia has appointed a senior Google executive as its first chief marketing officer, marking a notable expansion of its leadership team as the chipmaker enters what it has described as its next phase of growth driven by artificial intelligence.
Alison Wagonfeld, who has spent nearly a decade at Google, will join Nvidia in February to lead global marketing and communications, reporting directly to Chief Executive Jensen Huang.
Wagonfeld announced the move in a post on LinkedIn, confirming she will leave Google later this month.
Brand visibility
Despite its dominance in artificial intelligence hardware, Nvidia’s brand profile remains less mainstream than some of its largest peers.
Consumer-facing technology companies such as Apple Inc. and Microsoft Corp. continue to enjoy broader public recognition built over decades.
That contrast is visible in global brand rankings. Interbrand placed Nvidia at number 15 on its list of the best brands in 2025.
While this represents a strong showing, it also highlights the gap between Nvidia’s financial and technological influence and its awareness among general audiences.
First chief marketing officer role
Wagonfeld’s appointment represents the creation of a new C-suite role at Nvidia.
Until now, marketing responsibilities had been distributed among multiple executives, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
Under the new structure, all members of Nvidia’s marketing and communications team will report to Wagonfeld once she formally begins her role.
The move reflects Nvidia’s rapid expansion over the past three years and the growing importance of a more unified marketing strategy.
As the company’s profile has risen sharply alongside the global boom in artificial intelligence, Nvidia has become a central player in conversations around the future of computing, placing increased emphasis on how it presents its products and long-term vision to customers, partners and investors.
From Google Cloud to Nvidia
At Google, Wagonfeld most recently led marketing for the company’s cloud computing business.
She joined Google Cloud in 2016 and worked closely with Google Chief Marketing Officer Lorraine Twohill and Google Cloud Chief Executive Thomas Kurian.
In her LinkedIn post, Wagonfeld described the move as a transition “from one AI leader to another” and noted that Google and Nvidia would remain close partners.
Nvidia’s growth fuels leadership expansion
Nvidia’s decision to appoint its first CMO comes after a period of extraordinary financial and operational growth.
The company has benefited from its dominant position in supplying advanced chips used to train and run large AI models, a market that expanded rapidly following the release of OpenAI’s ChatGPT chatbot in 2022.
In its most recent quarter, Nvidia reported record revenue of $57 billion, a 62% increase from a year earlier, exceeding analysts’ expectations.
The surge has elevated Nvidia to one of the most valuable companies in the global equity market and has turned Huang into one of the most recognisable figures of the AI boom.
Earlier this week, Huang took the stage at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, where he outlined Nvidia’s next generation of AI server systems earlier in the year than usual.
He said demand across the industry was accelerating development timelines. “The race is on for AI,” Huang told attendees. “Everyone is trying to get to the next frontier.”
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