Category: Private Citizen — Corporate Director Role: Independent Director, Nvidia Corporation Board Tenure: 1993 – present Committee Memberships: Audit Committee (Chair); Compensation Committee Profile Type: Board Member Accountability — Anchor B (Documented Organizational Leadership)

Basis for Inclusion: Tench Coxe holds a documented governance role at Nvidia Corporation. Nvidia Corporation is the dominant supplier of AI accelerator chips and graphics processing units and made documented political donations to Trump-aligned entities. Nvidia’s business is critically affected by U.S. export controls on advanced AI chips to China, the CHIPS Act manufacturing incentives, and the regulatory framework governing AI development — all areas of significant Trump administration policy activity. This profile documents the factual governance relationship, not the subject’s personal political views.

Subject Classification: Private Citizen / Corporate Director. Board membership is a matter of public record.

What is NOT the basis for inclusion: Personal political opinions, party affiliation, or protected speech are NOT the basis for inclusion.

Biographical Overview

Tench Coxe is a Managing Director at Sutter Hill Ventures, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm where he has worked for decades. He is one of the longest-serving members of the Nvidia board, having joined in 1993 — the year after the company’s founding — when Sutter Hill Ventures was an early institutional investor in Nvidia. Coxe has extensive experience in technology investing across semiconductors, software, and hardware companies. He has served on the boards of numerous technology companies throughout his career.

Board Role and Governance Authority

• Company: Nvidia Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA)
• Board tenure: 1993 – present (one of Nvidia’s longest-serving independent directors)
• Committee assignments: Audit Committee (Chair); Compensation Committee

Other Current Board Memberships (if applicable)

Coxe has served on the boards of multiple private and public technology companies through his role at Sutter Hill Ventures.

Parent Corporate Donor Profile

This profile is a governance-accountability companion to the Nvidia Corporation corporate donor profile.

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Sources

• Nvidia Corporation DEF 14A Proxy Statement, 2025; SEC EDGAR
• Sutter Hill Ventures partnership records (public)