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- An Nvidia executive said VPs at the company fly economy and don't have executive assistants.Vladimir Troy, vice president of AI infrastructure, attributed it to Nvidia's "one team" culture.Some executives, namely CEO Jensen Huang, are eligible for executive assistants and luxury travel.
Certain executives may be sitting on small fortunes as Nvidia's stock ascends to new heights, though that doesn't always translate to lavish work perks.
One executive at the chip giant, Vladimir Troy, shared on LinkedIn Monday that vice presidents at Nvidia, which has a market cap of over $4 trillion, fly economy when traveling for work.
Troy, who is vice president of AI infrastructure at Nvidia, attributed the modest benefits at the world's most valuable company to its "one team" culture.
"No special treatment; everyone equal to focus on the mission and do their life's work," Troy wrote.
Troy also wrote that Nvidia VPs don't have executive assistants.
That being said, some Nvidia executives do have executive assistants, according to LinkedIn profiles and company blogs.
Troy did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider. An Nvidia spokesperson declined to comment.
Nvidia has described its "one team" culture as one that avoids politics and hierarchy. It is known for implementing a flat structure with CEO Jensen Huang overseeing many direct reports to aid in information flow.
"It's not that management hierarchies aren't respected; there's reasons for it," a former Nvidia VP told Business Insider.
The VP added that Huang's "general mentality is you should always be learning and if you can help, you should."
A different story for senior leadership
It is unknown which executives at the company are eligible for executive assistants and luxury travel.
Edie Fischer, chief executive assistant, reports to Huang, per an internal list obtained by Business Insider, and chief information officer Sonu Nayyar also has an assistant, according to the company's blog.
On LinkedIn, several employees say they work as executive assistants for the head of automotive Xinzhou Wu, executive vice president of worldwide field operations Jay Puri, VP of finance and chief accounting officer Donald Robertson, and VP of EMEA Jaap Zuiderveld.
For his part, Huang is also reported to occasionally travel by private jet, a common practice among top executives.
Salesforce capped CEO Marc Benioff's private jet and security expenses at $4.6 million for fiscal years 2025 and 2026, while CEO Mark Zuckerberg has a private jet he leases to Meta for occasional use per a time-sharing agreement.
Google also paid for personal use of company-owned aircraft for top executives in 2024.
And while Oracle said executive chairman Larry Ellison and executive vice chair Safra Catz could use company planes for personal travel in fiscal 2025, its policy for professional services employees states airfare is "limited to coach/economy accommodations."
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