Alison Wagonfeld set to join Nvidia as CMO after a decade at Google

CALIFORNIA: Alison Wagonfeld, one of Silicon Valley’s most seasoned marketing leaders, is preparing to take on a new challenge as chief marketing officer at Nvidia, closing a near ten-year chapter at Google Cloud and opening another at the heart of the global AI boom.

Wagonfeld has been the public-facing marketing force behind Google Cloud since 2016, steering everything from brand and product marketing to demand generation, global events and public sector outreach. In that time, Google Cloud transformed from a challenger brand into a serious enterprise heavyweight, a shift closely tied to her steady, narrative-led approach to marketing.

Beyond Google, her CV reads like a tour of modern tech history. She currently sits on the board of Bill, the US-listed financial operations platform for small and mid-sized businesses, where she serves on both the compensation and cybersecurity committees. Earlier, she was an operating partner at Emergence Capital, working hands-on with fast-growing cloud startups and their leadership teams.

Her career began well before cloud was a buzzword. From co-founding the early online mortgage platform Quicken Loans at Intuit, to helping scale a car-buying marketplace backed by Kleiner Perkins, to shaping Silicon Valley case studies as executive director of Harvard Business School’s California Research Center, Wagonfeld has consistently operated at the intersection of technology, storytelling and growth.

An MBA from Harvard Business School and a magna cum laude degree from Yale complete the picture. As Nvidia continues its rapid rise from graphics specialist to AI powerhouse, Wagonfeld’s move signals a sharpened focus on narrative, trust and global influence. For a company defining the future of computing, the message is clear. How the story is told matters more than ever.