Office profile
NVIDIA Headquarters & offices · Santa Clara, California
NVIDIA · Santa Clara, California
A wavy roof, a four-acre backyard and treehouses for meetings — plus 8 company-wide Free Days a year.
The buildings, the perks and 33 years of office history — then the pay. Every number from NVIDIA's own filings, careers site and campus documents.
- 184 → 42,000people, 1998 → 2026
- 8company-wide Free Days a year
- $282,050median employee pay
- $5.1Mrevenue per employee
Sources: Form 10-K FY2025 (turnover) and FY2026 · Proxy statement 2026 · Q4 FY2026 results release · S-1/A 1999 · nvidia.com/benefits
Companies / United States / Semiconductors / NVIDIA
THE NEWEST OFFICE · VOYAGER · 2022
750,000 sq ft built to feel like working outdoors
Voyager is the second phase of the headquarters. Its wavy roof is shaped to soften sound, triangular skylights spread daylight evenly, and outside there is a four-acre “backyard” and round “treehouses” for meetings.
- 750,000 sq ft (≈ 69,677 m²)
- 4-acre backyard for 1,300 people
- LEED v4 Gold
- Design: Gensler
- Landscape: Hood Design Studio
Endeavor, on opening day (November 2017)
Around the San Tomas Expressway campus
NVIDIA offices elsewhere
Facts: Gensler project text (Architizer) · One Workplace project page. Photos are shown with credit to the architect and furniture partner; we remove any photo on request. Other photos: Wikimedia Commons, credited on each photo.
The Santa Clara campus
| Building | Address |
|---|---|
| Endeavor (HQ) | 2788 San Tomas Expy, Santa Clara 95051 |
| Voyager | 2880 San Tomas Expy, Santa Clara 95051 |
| Building A | 2721 San Tomas Expy, Santa Clara 95050 |
| Building D | 2701 San Tomas Expy, Santa Clara 95050 |
| Building R | 2880 Scott Blvd, Santa Clara 95050 |
Source: NVIDIA visitor map (nvidia.com, 2022) · See them on the map ↓
Source: Gensler project page “NVIDIA” · LEED Gold · 390 kW solar array
Office tour videos
Benefits (United States)
Lower of the offering price or the purchase-date price; offering price held up to 2 years; 1–25% of salary.
11 holidays plus 8 company Free Days on the 2026 calendar.
Salaried employees don't accrue PTO. Hourly employees accrue 15 days a year.
Up to ten paid business days.
Matched up to $10,000 each year.
In-network preventive care on every NVIDIA medical plan.
New hires are auto-enrolled at 6% pre-tax after 35 days.
Student Loan Repayment Program for employees.
Pension programs in other countries, plus the stock purchase plan.
Source: nvidia.com/benefits (ESPP, Time off, New hires, Medical) · Form 10-K FY2025. Parental leave length is published only on NVIDIA's internal site.
Why so few people leave: what NVIDIA itself says
Fewer than 3 in every 100 employees left during the year.
Employees receive equity, except where local rules don't allow it.
Company-wide rest days, on top of holidays.
NVIDIA supports a flexible work environment and flexible hours.
More than 41% of FY2025 new hires came through employee referrals.
Training courses, development programs, tuition reimbursement and internal job moves.
Source: Form 10-K FY2025, Human Capital Management
Who works here
in technical roles
hold advanced degrees
of new hires came by employee referral
countries with NVIDIA employees
Source: Form 10-K FY2026 (jobs, countries) and FY2025 (gender, degrees, referrals)
Pay at NVIDIA
Includes base pay, cash bonus and stock awards. The CEO earned 129 times this amount.
Source: Proxy statement, May 12, 2026
Source: NVIDIA job posting JR2002051 (2025). Base salary only; equity is on top.
U.S. companies don't have to report pay by age, and NVIDIA doesn't. Pay by level, above, is the closest official number.
Compare NVIDIA with: AMD · Intel · Broadcom
Office history: from a diner booth to 3 million sq ft
- 1992–93 Before the first office, a Denny’s booth
In late 1992 the three co-founders — Jensen Huang, Chris Malachowsky and Curtis Priem — decided to start the company over meals at this Denny’s on Berryessa Road in San Jose. NVIDIA was founded on April 5, 1993.
Source: Founding date: NVIDIA corporate timeline · Denny’s story as reported by NBC Bay Area and Fortune
The Denny’s on Berryessa Road, 2023 · Coolcaesar / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons - 1998 3535 Monroe Drive — one building, 89,000 sq ft
Leased about 89,000 sq ft (≈ 8,268 m²) in one building in Santa Clara. Headcount grew from 71 (Sep 1997) to 184 (Oct 1998).
Source: Form S-1/A, Jan 13, 1999
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 2001 2701 San Tomas Expressway — a four-building complex
Leases signed in April 2000 for about 500,000 sq ft (≈ 46,452 m²). The first two buildings, about 250,000 sq ft, were completed in June 2001.
Source: Form 10-K, 2002
The 2701 San Tomas complex in 2005 · Kevin McCarthy / CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons - 2015 Land for a new campus
Eight leased buildings totaling 887,993 sq ft, plus 36 acres of owned land where NVIDIA planned a new headquarters campus.
Source: Form 10-K, 2015
The leased complex NVIDIA still used, seen in 2008 · Coolcaesar / CC BY-SA 3.0 - 2018 Endeavor becomes the headquarters
The first new building, started in fiscal 2016, gives NVIDIA its current address: 2788 San Tomas Expressway.
Source: Form 10-K, 2016 and 2018; NVIDIA visitor map
Endeavor, 2018 · Coolcaesar / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons - 2022 Voyager completed
A second new building, Voyager at 2880 San Tomas Expressway, was completed in February 2022. Headquarters space reached about 1.76 million sq ft, and about 3 million sq ft a year later.
Source: Form 10-K, 2022 and 2023; NVIDIA visitor map
Endeavor and Voyager under the solar canopy, 2023 · Coolcaesar / CC BY-SA 4.0
| Annual report | HQ space (sq ft) | m² | As described |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-K 2002 | 500,000 | 46,452 | Four leased buildings (new complex) |
| 10-K 2015 | 887,993 | 82,497 | Eight leased buildings + 36 acres owned |
| 10-K 2018 | 2,459,323 | 228,479 | 963,317 leased + 1,496,006 owned |
| 10-K 2021 | 1,739,933 | 161,645 | 1,019,887 leased + 720,046 owned |
| 10-K 2022 | ≈ 1,760,000 | ≈ 163,509 | Owned and leased; Voyager completed |
| 10-K 2026 | ≈ 3,000,000 | ≈ 278,709 | Owned and leased |
Map: how the headquarters moved
From a diner in San Jose to one stretch of San Tomas Expressway in Santa Clara, about 9 km away. Since 2001 NVIDIA has never left that street — it has only grown along it.
- 1 · Late 1992Denny's, 2484 Berryessa Rd, San Jose
- 19983535 Monroe Drive, Santa Clara — not on the map: we couldn't match this filing address to today's streets
- A · 2001–20182701 San Tomas Expressway (now Building D)
- B · 2018–todayEndeavor, 2788 San Tomas Expressway — headquarters
- C · 2022–todayVoyager, next to Endeavor
Addresses: S-1/A (1999), Form 10-K, NVIDIA visitor map · Locations: OpenStreetMap · Basemap © Esri
What NVIDIA does
NVIDIA started out making graphics chips for PC games. Today it calls itself “a full-stack computing infrastructure company”: chips, networking and software for AI data centers, plus graphics for games, design and cars.
Two reporting segments: Compute & Networking, and Graphics.
Where the money came from · revenue by market
Source: Form 10-K FY2025, Item 1 (business, segments, markets) · Q4 and fiscal 2026 results release (revenue by market)
Source: NVIDIA Q4 and fiscal 2026 results release (Feb 25, 2026) · per-employee figures calculated by eciffo
Growth: revenue vs. people
$3.3B → $215.9B
5,706 → 42,000
Fiscal years end in late January (FY2026 ended Jan 25, 2026). Revenue: SEC XBRL financial data from NVIDIA's 10-K filings. Employees: Form 10-K. Multiples calculated by eciffo.
Chief executives
Co-founder. President and CEO since NVIDIA was founded — the only CEO in its history.
Co-founders: Jensen Huang, Chris Malachowsky, Curtis Priem.
Source: nvidia.com board of directors · corporate timeline
Hear it from the CEO
NVIDIA: questions people ask
Where is NVIDIA's headquarters?
At 2788 San Tomas Expressway in Santa Clara, California — the Endeavor building. The campus next door also includes Voyager, completed in 2022, and older buildings A, D and R.
Source: Form 10-K cover · NVIDIA visitor map
How many people work at NVIDIA?
About 42,000 employees in 38 countries at the end of fiscal 2026 (January 25, 2026). Around 31,000 work in research and development.
Source: Form 10-K FY2026
How much do NVIDIA employees make?
The median employee's total compensation was $282,050 in fiscal 2026, including stock. A 2025 job posting for a System Software Engineer in Santa Clara listed a base salary of $148,000–$235,750 at Level 3 and $184,000–$287,500 at Level 4.
Source: Proxy statement 2026 · NVIDIA job posting JR2002051
What benefits does NVIDIA offer?
In the U.S.: an employee stock purchase plan at 15% off, 11 holidays plus 8 company Free Days (2026), flexible time off for salaried staff, up to $10,000 a year in donation matching, and 100% in-network preventive care.
Source: nvidia.com/benefits
Does NVIDIA allow flexible or remote work?
NVIDIA's annual report says it supports a flexible work environment so it can hire people regardless of where they live, and offers flexible hours plus two company-wide days off each quarter.
Source: Form 10-K FY2025, Human Capital Management
What is NVIDIA's employee turnover rate?
2.5% in fiscal 2025, according to NVIDIA's annual report.
Source: Form 10-K FY2025
How big is NVIDIA's headquarters?
NVIDIA owns and leases about 3 million sq ft (≈ 278,709 m²) for its Santa Clara headquarters. Voyager alone is about 750,000 sq ft.
Source: Form 10-K FY2026 · Gensler project text
Who designed NVIDIA's headquarters?
Gensler designed both new buildings, Endeavor and Voyager. Hood Design Studio designed Voyager's exterior landscape.
Source: Gensler · One Workplace project page
Who is NVIDIA's CEO?
Jensen Huang, who co-founded NVIDIA in 1993 and has been president and CEO since the start — the only CEO in its history.
Source: nvidia.com board of directors
You have seen the office, the benefits and the pay
Want to work at NVIDIA?
See open jobs on NVIDIA's careers site ↗Or keep exploring: compare these benefits and offices with other companies below.
NVIDIA in our features
- Semiconductors · 8 companies8 Semiconductor Company Headquarters
- History · 275 companiesThen and Now: 275 Companies’ Early Offices Next to Today’s Headquarters
- Video · 126 companiesOffice Tour Videos: Inside 126 Company Headquarters
- Bay Area · 42 companiesSilicon Valley and San Francisco: 42 Tech Headquarters
- Benefits · 319 companiesPerks at 319 Big Companies: What They Offer to Keep People
- Headquarters · 29 companies29 New Company Headquarters Opened Since 2016
- History · 130 companiesWhere 130 Famous Companies Started: Garages, Shops and One-Room Offices
- Inside the office · 194 companiesInside 194 Company Cafeterias and Office Cafés
- Architecture · 216 companies216 Company Headquarters Designed by Famous Architects
You may also like
Neighbors in Silicon Valley
The world’s biggest companies
More company profiles
3MMaplewood, MinnesotaOffices, pay & benefits → 
ABN AMROAmsterdam, NetherlandsOffices, pay & benefits → 
AccentureDublin, IrelandOffices, pay & benefits → 
adidasHerzogenaurach, GermanyOffices, pay & benefits → 
AdyenAmsterdam, NetherlandsOffices, pay & benefits → 
AflacColumbus, GeorgiaOffices, pay & benefits → Photos are credited to their source. If you hold the rights or represent NVIDIA and want a photo changed or removed, contact us. Updated 2026-10-09.
NVIDIA's official social accounts
Links taken from the footer of nvidia.com.