CEO Today Top 50 – Jensen Huang

Name: Jensen Huang

Net worth: Approx. $115 billion Executive pay: $34.2 million

Company: Nvidia

Bio: Jen-Hsun “Jensen” Huang, born on February 17, 1963, is an American entrepreneur and electrical engineer. He is currently holding the positions of president and CEO at Nvidia. Huang moved to the United States during his childhood with his Taiwanese parents. Upon completing his studies at Stanford University, he co-established Nvidia in 1993 when he was 30 years old. By June 2024, Nvidia had become the world’s leading company in terms of market capitalization.

Nvidia is a software and fabless corporation that specializes in the design and distribution of graphics processing units (GPUs), application programming interfaces (APIs) for data science and high-performance computing, and system on a chip units (SoCs) for the mobile computing and automotive sectors. Additionally, Nvidia holds a significant position as a provider of artificial intelligence (AI) hardware and software.

Huang’s office is not fixed; he wanders around Nvidia’s headquarters and temporarily occupies conference rooms as necessary. He favors a relatively flat management structure, with approximately 50 direct reports, believing that those reporting directly to him “should be at the top of their game” and “need the least amount of pampering”.

Quote: “Smart people focus on the right things.” – Jensen Huang