Jensen Huang is a Taiwanese-American businessman, electrical engineer, and philanthropist, best known as the co-founder, president, and CEO of Nvidia. Under his leadership, Nvidia has become the world's largest semiconductor company. As of June 2025, his estimated net worth is $138 billion, ranking him as the 11th wealthiest person globally.
On February 17, 1963, Jen-Hsun "Jensen" Huang was born. He is now a Taiwanese-American businessman, electrical engineer, and philanthropist and the CEO of Nvidia.
In 1973, Jensen Huang and his brother moved to Tacoma, Washington, to live with an uncle to escape social unrest in Thailand, enrolling in the Oneida Baptist Institute in Kentucky.
In 1978, at the age of 15, Jensen Huang began working the graveyard shift at a local Denny's restaurant as a dishwasher, busboy, and waiter.
In 1983, Jensen Huang's employment at Denny's restaurant ended, marking the conclusion of his work as a dishwasher, busboy, and waiter during the graveyard shift.
In 1984, Jensen Huang graduated from Oregon State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering at the age of 20.
In 1987, Huang was working at LSI Logic.
In 1989, Huang, Malachowsky, and Priem finalized the accelerator graphics card, named the "GX graphics engine".
In 1990, Jensen Huang resigned from his job at Sun Microsystems to pursue a venture in making graphics chips for PC games.
In 1990, sales of the graphics engine contributed to Sun Microsystem's revenue increasing from $262 million in 1987 to $656 million, and Huang was promoted to be the director of LSI's CoreWare.
In 1992, while working as a microchip designer in Silicon Valley, Jensen Huang earned a master's degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University.
On April 5, 1993, Jensen Huang signed Nvidia's original articles of incorporation into effect, marking the formal establishment of the company.
In 1993, Nvidia and Supermicro were both founded. Huang and Charles Liang, co-founder of Supermicro, have been friends since then, and their companies have collaborated on products using Nvidia AI chips.
In 1993, the co-founders of Nvidia faced significant challenges in starting the company, finding it much harder than anticipated.
In August 1997, the release of the RIVA 128 graphics card saved Nvidia from near bankruptcy.
Prior to Nvidia going public in 1999, the Huang family resided in ordinary middle-class starter homes in San Jose.
In 2002, Jensen Huang recalled that he remembered his life in Kentucky "more vividly than just about any other".
In 2003, the Huang family moved to a larger house in Los Altos Hills, California.
In 2004, the Huang family acquired a second home in Wailea, Hawaii.
In 2007, Jensen Huang earned US$24.6 million as CEO, ranking him as the 61st highest-paid U.S. CEO by Forbes.
In 2008, Nvidia contributed funds to establish a classroom for students affected by the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in China, and Huang donated US$30 million to Stanford University to establish the Jen-Hsun Huang School of Engineering Center.
In June 2024, Jensen Huang's celebrity status in Taiwan was compared to the "Linsanity" phenomenon of 2012, with the news media coining the term "Jensanity".
In 2015, Jensen Huang's son, Spencer Huang, launched a bar in Taipei.
In 2017, a Fortune profile article acknowledged that Nvidia was not widely known outside of gamers and computer graphics experts.
In 2017, a limited liability company reportedly linked to the Huangs acquired a mansion in San Francisco for $38 million.
In 2019, Huang's net worth was at US$3 billion.
In 2019, Jensen Huang donated $2 million to his former school, Oneida Baptist Institute, for the construction of Huang Hall.
In May 2021, Spencer Huang's bar in Taipei, previously honored as one of the top 50 bars in Asia by Forbes, closed.
In 2021, Time magazine recognized Jensen Huang as one of the most influential people in the world.
In 2022, Jensen Huang gifted US$50 million to Oregon State University to establish a supercomputing institute as part of a larger US$200 million philanthropic contribution.
In March 2024, Mark Zuckerberg compared Jensen Huang to Taylor Swift in the tech world.
In May 2024, Jensen Huang's net worth rose rapidly along with the value of Nvidia's stock, reaching US$90 billion.
In June 2024, Nvidia's market capitalization reached US$3 trillion for the first time, and Huang's net worth grew to US$100 billion.
As of November 2024, Jensen Huang maintains a relatively flat management structure at Nvidia, with around 60 direct reports.
As of 2024, Jensen Huang has been Nvidia's chief executive for over three decades.
In 2024, Time magazine named Jensen Huang as one of the most influential people in the world.
In January 2025, Jensen Huang delivered the keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, announcing new gaming and PC chips, including the GeForce RTX 50-series.
In May 2025, Jensen Huang traveled to Taiwan for Computex 2025 and to attend the opening ceremony of the World Masters Games as a guest of honor, experiencing a recurrence of "Jensanity".
In July 2025, under Huang's leadership, Nvidia became the first company to reach a market capitalization of $4.0 trillion, marking a significant milestone during the AI boom.
In 2025, Forbes estimated Huang's net worth at US$144 billion, making him the 9th wealthiest individual in the world.
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