Who owns Nvidia? Top insiders & institutional investors

Nvidia is a publicly traded company whose shares can be purchased by anyone with a brokerage account, and its equity is owned by both institutional and individual investors. As of mid-March 2026, it is the largest listed company by market capitalization, at more than $4.3 trillion. Nvidia has benefited from the boom in interest in artificial intelligence as demand has increased for its main product, the graphics processing unit (GPU), which helps to power the complex calculations needed to process AI. That has translated into a spectacular rise in its share price in recent years. Here’s a look at how many shares are held by the company’s largest institutional, executive, and individual stockholders.Who owns Nvidia?Nvidia’s shares are owned by both institutional investors (such as hedge funds), individual retail investors, and company executives. As of February 20, 2026, there were 24.3 billion common shares outstanding, according to Nvidia’s fiscal 2026 annual report. Fractional shares of Nvidia stock are available to individual investors through certain digital brokerages, such as Robinhood.Related: Jensen Huang’s net worth: The Nvidia CEO's wealth & incomeWho are Nvidia's largest shareholders?Institutional investors own the bulk of Nvidia’s shares. Almost 70% of shares are held by institutions, according to Yahoo! Finance. The company's four largest institutional shareholders own between 900,000 and 3 billion shares apiece, and together, they account for over 25% of Nvidia's ownership.Insiders, including Nvidia’s executives, own 4.2%, according to Yahoo data.The 10 biggest institutional owners of Nvidia stockVanguard Group (2.27 billion shares)Blackrock (1.94 billion shares)State Street (991.48 million shares)FMR, the parent company of Fidelity Investments (971.06 million shares)Geode Capital Management (588.8 million shares)JPMorgan Chase (456.14 million shares)Price (T.Rowe) Associates (373.19 million shares)Norges Bank (333.75 million shares)Morgan Stanley (323.73 million shares)Northern Trust (253.79 million shares)Collectively, these 10 financial institutions own 35% of Nvidia’s shares. Based on mid-March 2026 stock prices, Vanguard’s stake is valued at $409 billion, Blackrock’s at $350 billion, and State Street’s at $179 billion.Related: History of Nvidia: Company timeline and factsNvidia’s biggest executive shareholdersJen-Hsun (Jensen) Huang co-founded Nvidia in 1993 and has served as president, CEO, and a member of the Board of Directors since the company’s inception. He is also the company's largest individual stockholder, with 812.8 million shares, based on a March 2026 SEC filing. That puts the value of his 3.3% stake at around $146 billion as of spring 2026. Nvidia’s other top executives are also significant shareholders, owning millions of shares between themselves, directly and indirectly via trusts, according to SEC filings in March 2026. Shares are typically awarded to executives based on their performance in meeting the company's internal targets.How many shares do Nvidia’s executive officers own? Colette M. Kress, Executive VP and CFO (5.031 million shares)Ajay K. Puri, Executive VP, Worldwide Field Operations (4.071 million shares)Debora Shoquist, Executive VP, Operations (2.046 million shares)Timothy S. Teter, Executive VP and General Counsel (3.154 million shares)More on tech companies in the Dow:Who owns Salesforce in 2026? A look at its largest shareholders & leadership stakeApple salaries: From retail to engineering to CEOWhere is Apple’s headquarters? A spaceship-like office with thousands of treesWho originally owned Nvidia? Nvidia’s ownership historyNvidia was founded in 1993 by Huang and two other engineers who were also experienced in computer parts design and manufacturing: Chris Malachowsky and Curtis Priem. Malachowsky and Priem reduced their shareholdings in Nvidia significantly over the years, but Huang largely held onto his stock.At a Denny’s restaurant in Silicon Valley, the three engineers came up with the idea of creating a processing unit for use in 3D applications. In 1999, they created the graphics processing unit (GPU), a computer component that significantly accelerated graphics processing. The GPU ushered in the popularity of PC gaming, but in the late 2010s, Nvidia shifted its focus to developing similar processing products aimed at artificial intelligence use cases. Nvidia’s stock performanceNvidia’s common stock trades on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the ticker symbol NVDA. As the largest publicly traded company, its stock is included in many major stock indexes, including the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Since it went public in 1999, Nvidia’s shares have risen more than 4,510-fold. A $10,000 investment made on the first day of trading would be worth $8.1 million as of mid-March 2026. In the past 10 years alone, the stock gained 212-fold. Related: DJIA Master List: What companies make up the Dow Jones Industrial Index in 2026?