Jensen Huang

American entrepreneur and businessman; co-founder and CEO of Nvidia

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Born:February 17, 1963

Age:63

Zodiac Sign:Aquarius

Children:2

Born in:Tainan, Taiwan

Residence:United States, United States

Languages:Chinese, English, Standard Taiwanese Mandarin, Taiwanese Hokkien

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National Medal of Science (2026)Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering (2025)Time 100 (2024)Time 100 (2021)IEEE Founders Medal (2020)

Jensen Huang

American entrepreneur and businessman; co-founder and CEO of Nvidia

Biography

Jen-Hsun "Jensen" Huang (born February 17, 1963) is a Taiwanese and American business executive and electrical engineer who is the co-founder, president, and CEO of Nvidia, the world's most valuable company. As of October 2026, Forbes estimates his net worth at over US$200 billion, making him the seventh-wealthiest individual in the world. The son of Taiwanese 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 earning a master's degree from Stanford University, Huang launched Nvidia in 1993 from a Denny's restaurant in San Jose, California, at age 30 and has remained its president and CEO since. He led the company out of near-bankruptcy during the 1990s and oversaw its expansion from GPU development into high-performance computing and artificial intelligence (AI). Under Huang, Nvidia experienced rapid growth during the AI boom, becoming the first company to reach a market capitalization of over $5 trillion in October 2025. In 2021 and 2024, Time magazine included Huang in their list of the most influential people. In 2025, he was named as one of the "Architects of AI" for Time's Person of the Year.

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Quotes

“You benefit from the kindness of all the people that support you.”

— "Nvidia ft. Jensen Huang - An overnight success story 30 years in the making" on Crucible Moments Podcast, found on DeepCast (30 November 2023)

“Your organization should be the architecture of the machinery of building the product.”

— "NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang" on Acquired Podcast, found on DeepCast (16 October 2023)

“Everyone is a programmer now. You just have to say something to the computer.”

— "Nvidia chief Jensen Huang says AI is creating a ‘new computing era’" in Financial Post (30 May 2023)

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Huang arrives for a dinner for Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud of Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, November 18, 2025, at the White House. (Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok)

Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of Nvidia, during a fireside chat in Stanford University's CS 153 course on April 30, 2026.

Jensen Huang, Founder, President and CEO of NVIDIA, at a meeting with Josep Borrell Fontelles, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission.

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang delivers remarks as President Donald Trump looks on during an “Investing in America” event, Wednesday, April 30, 2025, in the Cross Hall of the White House. (Official White House Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian)

NOTE: This image is a panorama of Jensen Huang speaks to a full lecture hall at Stanford University, April 30, 2026 consisting of multiple frames that were merged or stitched in Adobe Lightroom. As a result, this image necessarily underwent some form of digital manipulation. These manipulations may include blending, blurring, cloning, and color and perspective adjustments. As a result of these adjustments, the image content may be slightly different from reality at the points where multiple images were combined. This manipulation is often required due to lens, perspective, and parallax distortions.

Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of Nvidia, poses for selfies with students after his talk in Stanford University's CS 153 course on April 30, 2026.

Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of Nvidia, signs a student's laptop after his talk in Stanford University's CS 153 course on April 30, 2026.

Jensen Huang at SC18

Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of Nvidia, is surrounded by students seeking photos after his talk in Stanford University's CS 153 course on April 30, 2026.