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Jensen HuangPatrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty ImagesNvidia has added key marketing, policy, and HR executives over the past year.Several senior software acqui-hires came via startup deals.Executive turnover appeared to slow in 2025 compared to high-level departures in 2024.Nvidia has added high-profile names to its senior leadership and technical ranks over the past year, as the chipmaker reaches new levels of visibility and wealth.Nvidia's latest major hire is its first chief marketing officer, Alison Wagonfeld, a veteran of Google Cloud. Over the past year, the company has also acqui-hired senior software leaders through startup deals, tapping its balance sheet to supercharge growth. It has also sought talent from outside the tech industry, including hires from government and academia.Taken together, they underscore Nvidia's position as an AI chip designer expanding its software products, with added cybersecurity and marketing muscle to engage governments and large enterprise customers, alongside software and research executives to build the programs that run on its hallmark GPUs.While 2024 saw the departure of key leaders, such as Keith Strier, Nvidia's former vice president of worldwide AI initiatives, and enterprise computing executive Manuvir Das, turnover at the top was more limited in 2025.Nvidia did not respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.Here's a list of key hires Nvidia has made since January 2025:Kristin Major, SVP of human resourcesKristin Major, senior vice president of human resources at NvidiaBusiness Wire/APKristin Major joined Nvidia as senior vice president of human resources last February, after spending over 13 years at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, where she held roles across the company's legal and HR departments. At Nvidia, Major serves on CEO Jensen Huang's executive leadership team, according to the executive search firm ON Partners.Jiantao Jiao, director of researchNexusflow cofounders Kurt Keutzer from the Berkeley AI Research (BAIR) Lab and Professor Jiantao Jiao, along with industry AI leader Jian Zhang. (Photo: Business Wire)Business Wire/APJiantao Jiao announced he was joining Nvidia in June. He works on AI post-training, evaluation, agents, and building better infrastructure, with the aim of fostering collaboration between academia and industry. Previously, he was the CEO and cofounder of Nexusflow AI, and he is a professor at the University of California, Berkeley.Mark Weatherford, head of cybersecurity policy and strategic engagementMark WeatherfordBusiness Wire/APMark Weatherford serves as Nvidia's head of cybersecurity policy and strategic engagement. Prior to joining Nvidia, he held several roles across the public and private sectors, including serving as the nation's first deputy undersecretary for cybersecurity at the Department of Homeland Security during the Obama administration.Rochan Sankar, founder and CEO of EnfabricaRochan Sankar, the founder and CEO of AI startup Enfabrica, is joining Nvidia through a $900 million acqui-hire in September that also saw the chip giant license his startup's technology. Other employees at Enfabrica — which builds systems to cluster GPUs together for large AI workloads — also joined Nvidia as part of the deal.Krysta Svore, vice president of applied research — quantum computingKrysta Svore joined Nvidia in November after nearly 20 years at Microsoft, where she served as VP of advanced quantum development. At Nvidia, she'll "lead applied research and engineering across the quantum stack," according to a LinkedIn post.Danny Auble, senior director of system softwareLate last year, Nvidia acquired Danny Auble's startup SchedMD, which creates the open-source workload management software Slurm. Nvidia said it will keep Slurm open-source and continue to invest in the software. Auble serves as Nvidia's senior director of system software.Jonathan Ross, chief software…

Andreessen Horowitz partner Alex Rampell said he likes founders with a chip on their shoulder.Charles Eshelman/Getty Images for AOLA16z general partner Alex Rampell said founders need to materialize labor, capital, and customers.Labor can be challenging, especially in a white-hot AI talent market. Customers are often the hardest to find.Capital is about storytelling. "Can they convince people like me to give them money?" Rampell asked.Any good founder should be able to deliver this trifecta, according to Andreessen Horowitz general partner Alex Rampell.The VC has a long history in the startup game. He invested in and advised startups such as Pinterest and CardSpring before joining A16z, where he has led deals with Plaid, Mercury, and Opendoor.On the "20VC" podcast, Rampell shared three criteria for founders: "You want to invest in people that can materialize labor, capital, and customers."Labor is the first piece — and often the hardest to meet. As the AI talent wars intensify and international employment visas become increasingly inaccessible, securing the right workers can be challenging for an early-stage company.Rampell said that people are paid "a fortune" to work at a larger AI lab, such as OpenAI, Anthropic, or Meta."If you quit your job to start a company, and you can snap your fingers and five people follow you tomorrow for a 50% pay cut, that's pretty magical," he said.Next comes capital, the piece Rampell knows personally as a venture capitalist.There's an art to fundraising. It's not just about preparing a deck or having the right connections; it's about telling a story. Founders need to be able to present their company as the horse that investors want to bet on."Can they convince people like me to give them money?" Rampell asked. "That means, hopefully, that n+1, n+2, n+3 rounds will be a little bit easier."Finally, there's the question of customers.While capital can juice a startup's operations, people still need to want the product — and continue to want it later on. Rampell described the best customers as "hostages," so dependent on the service that they'll never stop spending.Finding the first five customers can be as hard, if not harder, than finding the first five employees, Rampell said.He gave the example of approaching a potential customer who asks two questions: how much money do you have on hand, and how many customers do you have. Answering zero to the second question can be a death knell."How can you pull that off?" Rampell asked.The VC also shared two "sub-appendages" that he looks for as good signs. The first, he said, was studying the history of the industry. He listed examples like Vlad Tenev at Robinhood and Brian Chesky at Airbnb as well-read in their fields.His second "sub-appendage" pertained to his favorite book, "The Count of Monte Cristo." It's a tale of revenge, he said — and a good message for startup founders."I love seeing that fire," he said. "They have some childhood chip on their shoulder, or they were wronged at their last company."Still, those three traits are key. Focus on: labor, capital, customers.Read the original article on Business Insider

Getty Images; Alyssa Powell/BISometimes you need a little assistance when making a big business decision. Fortunately, the best consulting firms in the country are here to help.Business Insider teamed up with Plant-A Insights, a leading insights and technology company that publishes business rankings in cooperation with world-class media brands, to find the 300 top management consulting firms in America. The list includes giants of the industry as well as a slew of more specialized and boutique firms.BIThe list is based on a large-scale survey of around 25,000 professionals who have worked with consulting firms, who evaluated them on factors like industry and practice area expertise, as well as client satisfaction. Other reputational measures, like the firms' placement in other industry rankings, were also factored in. The full methodology can be found at the bottom of this article.Are you on the list? Claim your award and learn how to use it.Are you on the list? Claim your award and learn how to use it.MethodologyAmerica's Top Management Consulting Firms 2026, a collaboration between Business Insider and Plant-A Insights Group, recognizes the best management consultancies in the United States. The ranking highlights companies that excel in providing their expertise across multiple industries and practice areas. The results are based on a comprehensive study combining extensive desk research with a large-scale survey of over 25,000 U.S. working professionals with direct experience working with management consulting firms.To be eligible for consideration, a firm had to provide consulting and advisory services to companies located within the United States. An initial list of over 15,000 firms was screened and validated, resulting in a final list of 2,200 firms for evaluation, categorized across 15 industries and 14 practice areas. This list was further validated with support from data analytics company Aniline.Eligible firms were evaluated in a nationwide survey of over 25,000 respondents that took place between August 2025 and October 2025. This included more than 18,000 respondents who recently worked with the firms on a project and over 7,000 individuals who were a part of the selection committees that hired them.Client ExperienceRespondents evaluated their experience working with consulting firms across three areas: Industry Expertise, Practice Area Expertise, and Client SatisfactionIndustry Expertise: Management consulting firms were evaluated based on their expertise across 15 different industries.Practice Area Expertise: Management consulting firms were evaluated based on their expertise across 14 different practice areas.Client Satisfaction: Firms were evaluated across six key drivers of client satisfaction, including Strategic Insight & Innovation, Adaptability & Customization, and Value for Investment.Overall ScoreAn overall score for each consultancy was calculated by combining the Industry Score, Practice Area Score, and the Client Satisfaction Score using a proprietary scoring model. Firms also received bonus points for being featured in other credible industry rankings, serving as a proxy for sustained industry recognition. The 300 highest-scoring management consulting firms were recognized by Business Insider and Plant-A Insights Group as America's Top Management Consulting Firms 2026.The exclusion of a company from this ranking is not a reflection on its quality or performance and is not disputed.Media MonitoringCritical Mention media monitoring platform Onclusive was utilized to investigate whether management consulting firms were implicated in a wide range of significant issues within the past two years (Dec 1, 2023 — Dec 1, 2025). This included a review of financial misconduct (such as fraud, accounting scandals), legal and regulatory actions (like major lawsuits, settlements, or investigations by the SEC or DOJ), and workplace and labor violations (including discrimination or…

Après avoir sécurisé le prêt de Dante Vanzeir, le Cercle de Bruges s'attaque désormais à son secteur défensif. Les Groen & Zwart ont formulé une offre pour Geoffrey Kondo, de Dunkerque, mais celle-ci a été refusée.