The Nasdaq lists Nvidia shares under the ticker NVDA. Nvidia is one of the most valuable publicly traded companies because its processors are widely used in gaming, data centers, scientific computing, and artificial-intelligence systems.
Nasdaq is a major United States stock exchange with a strong concentration of technology companies. Its name originally came from the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations, an electronic quotation system launched in 1971.
Nvidia’s listing history reflects its growth from a graphics-chip designer into a major accelerated-computing company. The stock began trading publicly in 1999, several years after Nvidia’s 1993 founding. The ticker NVDA is a shortened form of the company’s name used in market data.
An exchange listing is not the same as a company’s headquarters. Nvidia is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, while its shares are traded electronically through Nasdaq’s market infrastructure.