Jensen Huang
Overview
- Source of Wealth
- Semiconductors
- Industry
- Technology
- Residence
- Los Altos, California
- Organization
- CEO & President at NVIDIA
- Education
- Oregon State University (Bachelor of Science in Engineering)Stanford University (Master of Science in Engineering)
- Marital Status
- Married
Assets
- Nvidia865,570,000 shares @ --NVDA-US
- Nvidia0 shares @ --NVDA-US
- Nvidia0 shares @ --NVDA-US
- Nvidia0 shares @ --NVDA-US
Biography
Jensen Huang cofounded graphics-chip maker Nvidia in 1993, and has served as its CEO and president ever since.
Huang owns approximately 3% of Nvidia, which went public in 1999.
Born in Taiwan, Huang moved to Thailand as a child, but his family sent him and his brother to the U.S as civil unrest mounted in the Asian nation.
Under Huang, Nvidia became a dominant force in computer gaming chips and has expanded to design chips for data centers and autonomous cars.
He's given Stanford $30 million for an engineering center and, in 2022, gave $50 million to Oregon State University for a namesake research center.
About
Shortly after arriving in the U.S., Huang was sent to a boarding school in rural Kentucky for troubled youth by his aunt and uncle, who mistook it for a prep school.
At boarding school, Huang was assigned to clean the boys' bathroom every day after class, while his brother worked on the tobacco farm.
Huang also worked as a waiter at Denny's, which he says helped him overcome his shyness.