Jensen Huang
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黄仁勋 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Huang Jen-hsun February 17, 1963 Taipei, Taiwan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Known for | Co-founding Nvidia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Title | President and CEO of Nvidia Corporation (1993–present) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lori Huang (m. 1985) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relatives | Lisa Su (cousin) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Awards | IEEE Founders Medal (2020) VinFuture Prize (2024) Edison Award (2024) Primetime Engineering Award (2024) Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering (2025) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 黃仁勳 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 黄仁勋 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jen-Hsun "Jensen" Huang (Chinese: 黃仁勳; pinyin: Huáng Rénxūn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: N̂g Jîn-hun; born February 17, 1963) is a Taiwanese and American businessman, electrical engineer, and philanthropist who is the president, co-founder, and chief executive officer (CEO) of Nvidia, the world's largest semiconductor company. As of May 2025, Forbes estimated Huang's net worth at US$117.5 billion, making him the 11th wealthiest person in the world.
The son of Taiwanese American immigrants, Huang spent his childhood in Taiwan and Thailand before moving to the United States, where he was a student in Kentucky and Oregon. After graduating from Stanford University, he launched Nvidia in 1993 from a local Denny's restaurant at the age of 30 and has remained president and CEO since its founding. Huang led the company out of near-bankruptcy during the 1990s and oversaw its expansion into GPU production, high-performance computing, and artificial intelligence.
Under Huang, Nvidia experienced rapid growth during the AI boom and reached a market capitalization of $3 trillion, surpassing Microsoft, Amazon, and Meta. In June 2024, Nvidia overtook Microsoft to be the "world's most valuable company" with a market capitalization of $3.34 trillion. In 2021 and 2024, Time magazine named Huang as one of the most influential people in the world.