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{{short description|Taiwanese-American businessman and CEO of Nvidia}}
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| February 17, 1963<br>Taipei, Taiwan
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| occupation      = Businessman, electrical engineer, philanthropist
| Education
| known_for        = Co-founding [[Nvidia]]
| Oregon State University (BS)<br>Stanford University (MS)
| title            = President and CEO of [[Nvidia Corporation]] (1993–present)
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| spouse          = {{marriage|Lori Huang|1985}}
| Occupation
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| Businessman<br>Electrical engineer<br>Philanthropist
| relatives        = [[Lisa Su]] (cousin)
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| Known for
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| Co-founding Nvidia
* IEEE Founders Medal (2020)
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* VinFuture Prize (2024)
| Title
* Edison Award (2024)
| President and CEO of Nvidia (1993–present)
* Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering (2025)
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| Spouse
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| Lori Huang (m. 1985)
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| Children
| 2
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| Relatives
| Lisa Su (cousin)
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| Awards
| IEEE Founders Medal (2020)<br>VinFuture Prize (2024)<br>Edison Award (2024)<br>Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering (2025)
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'''Jen-Hsun "Jensen" Huang''' ({{lang-zh|黃仁勳|s=黄仁勋}}; {{zh-p|Huáng Rénxūn}}; born February 17, 1963) is a Taiwanese-American businessman, electrical engineer, and philanthropist. He is the co-founder, president and chief executive officer (CEO) of [[Nvidia]], the world's largest semiconductor company.
'''Jen-Hsun "Jensen" Huang''' (黃仁勳, Huáng Rénxūn; born February 17, 1963) is a Taiwanese-American businessman, electrical engineer, and philanthropist. He is the co-founder, president, and chief executive officer (CEO) of Nvidia, a leading semiconductor and AI company.


In 2025, ''[[Forbes]]'' estimated Huang's net worth at US$144 billion, ranking him as the ninth wealthiest individual in the world.
In 2025, ''Forbes'' estimated Huang's net worth at US$144 billion, making him the ninth richest person in the world.


== Early life and education ==
== Early life and education ==
Huang was born in [[Taipei]], [[Taiwan]], and spent part of his childhood in [[Tainan]] before his family relocated to Thailand. He attended [[Ruamrudee International School]] in [[Bangkok]].
Huang was born in Taipei and raised in Tainan, Taiwan, before moving to Thailand. He studied at Ruamrudee International School in Bangkok. At age nine, he and his brother were sent to the United States, living in Tacoma, Washington, and later attending school in Oneida, Kentucky.


At age nine, Huang and his brother were sent to the United States, initially living with a relative in [[Tacoma, Washington]]. Due to a misunderstanding, he was enrolled in the [[Oneida Baptist Institute]] in Kentucky, a reform academy. After two years, the family settled in [[Beaverton, Oregon]], where he attended [[Aloha High School]], excelling academically and becoming a nationally ranked table tennis player.
Huang's family eventually settled in Beaverton, Oregon, where he attended Aloha High School. He graduated at age sixteen and worked night shifts at Denny's. He earned a BS in electrical engineering from Oregon State University in 1984, and an MS from Stanford University in 1992.


Huang earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from [[Oregon State University]] at age 20. He then worked in Silicon Valley while attending night classes at [[Stanford University]], where he received a master's degree in electrical engineering in 1992.
== Career ==


== Career ==
=== Early work ===
Huang began his career designing microprocessors at AMD, then moved to LSI Logic. There, he co-developed the GX graphics engine and met his future Nvidia co-founders, Chris Malachowsky and Curtis Priem.


=== AMD and LSI Logic ===
=== Nvidia ===
Huang began his career at [[AMD]] as a chip designer and later joined [[LSI Logic]], where he developed the GX graphics engine alongside Chris Malachowsky and Curtis Priem. The success of this chip laid the foundation for the future formation of Nvidia.
In 1993, Huang co-founded Nvidia with Malachowsky and Priem. The idea was born at a Denny's restaurant in San Jose. The name “Nvidia” was derived from the Latin word ''invidia'' (envy).


=== Founding Nvidia ===
Huang became CEO from inception and has led Nvidia for over three decades. He helped secure critical funding and steered the company through early struggles. The launch of the RIVA 128 GPU in 1997 was Nvidia’s first major commercial success.
In 1993, Huang co-founded [[Nvidia]] in San Jose, meeting with co-founders at a Denny’s restaurant. The company name derived from the Latin ''invidia'' ("envy"). With initial funding of $600 in cash and support from [[Sequoia Capital]], Nvidia began building graphics chips aimed at accelerating PC gaming.


=== President and CEO ===
Huang positioned Nvidia as a leader in GPUs, high-performance computing, and later, artificial intelligence. The company grew rapidly in the 2020s and became the first to reach a $4 trillion market cap in 2025.
Huang has led Nvidia since its founding, surviving early near-bankruptcy and pivoting to triangle-based rendering that led to the release of the RIVA 128 in 1997. He has built Nvidia into a major player in AI and GPU computing and is recognized for innovative leadership.


In 2024, Nvidia surpassed a $3 trillion market cap, and in 2025 became the first company to reach $4 trillion. Huang's popularity skyrocketed, particularly in Taiwan, where his visits were dubbed "Jensanity". He remains one of the longest-serving CEOs in Silicon Valley.
=== Leadership style and public image ===
Known for a hands-on, informal leadership style, Huang avoids using a personal office. He became a global tech icon in the AI era, especially in Taiwan, where fans refer to his visits as “Jensanity.”


== Huang's law ==
== Huang's law ==
{{main|Huang's law}}
Huang's law is an observation by Jensen Huang that GPU performance is increasing faster than CPU performance — more than doubling every two years, outpacing Moore’s law.
'''Huang's law''' is the observation in computer science and engineering that advancements in graphics processing units (GPUs) are growing at a rate much faster than with traditional central processing units (CPUs). In contrast to [[Moore's law]], which predicted the number of transistors in a dense integrated circuit would double about every two years, Huang's law states that GPU performance will more than double every two years[1][3][4][6].
 
The observation was made by Huang in 2018 at Nvidia’s GPU Technology Conference. He highlighted that, over five years, Nvidia GPUs achieved a 25-times speedup versus the tenfold increase predicted by Moore’s law for CPUs over the same period. Huang attributed these results not just to hardware improvements but also to advances in software and artificial intelligence, emphasizing the importance of the entire computing stack[1][3][4].


In 2006, Nvidia's GPU had a 4x performance advantage over CPUs; by 2018, this had grown to 20x, with Nvidia GPUs improving 1.7x per year—more than triple every two years. Huang’s law also notes that removing bottlenecks and synergizing hardware and software have accelerated these gains[1][4].
At Nvidia's 2018 GPU Technology Conference, Huang stated that Nvidia’s GPUs had become 25 times faster over five years, compared to Moore’s law's predicted tenfold increase. He credited this to improvements in architecture, AI, and software integration.


Despite broad adoption of the term in tech circles, some critics question its validity and view it as marketing optimism. Studies found that GPU price-to-performance doubled roughly every 2.5 years between 2006 and 2021, slower than Huang’s law predicts, and some analysts say improvements are still dependent on fundamental chip advancements[1][3][4].
Some critics dispute Huang’s law as overly optimistic, but many in the industry acknowledge that accelerators like GPUs offer performance scaling not seen in conventional CPUs.


== Philanthropy ==
== Philanthropy ==
Huang has donated to several institutions including:
Huang has supported major philanthropic initiatives, including:
* $30 million to [[Stanford University]] to establish the Jen-Hsun Huang School of Engineering Center.
* Donating $30 million to Stanford University for the Jen-Hsun Huang Engineering Center.
* $2 million to [[Oneida Baptist Institute]] for the construction of Huang Hall.
* Donating $2 million to Oneida Baptist Institute to build Huang Hall.
* $50 million to [[Oregon State University]] to establish a supercomputing institute.
* Donating $50 million to Oregon State University for an AI and supercomputing institute.
* Supporting educational efforts after the 2008 Sichuan earthquake in China.


In 2008, Nvidia also funded a school in China after the [[2008 Sichuan earthquake]].
== Awards and honors ==
 
* 1999: Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year (Technology)
== Awards ==
* 1999: Entrepreneur of the Year ([[Ernst & Young]])
* 2002: Daniel J. Epstein Engineering Management Award
* 2002: Daniel J. Epstein Engineering Management Award
* 2004: Morris Chang Exemplary Leadership Award
* 2004: Dr. Morris Chang Exemplary Leadership Award
* 2005: Alumni Fellow, Oregon State University
* 2005: Alumni Fellow, Oregon State University
* 2009: Honorary doctorate, Oregon State University
* 2009: Honorary Doctorate, Oregon State University
* 2020: IEEE Founders Medal
* 2020: IEEE Founders Medal
* 2021 and 2024: Included in ''[[Time 100]]''
* 2021, 2024: Time 100
* 2023: Time 100 AI
* 2023: Time 100 AI
* 2024: [[Edison Award]], VinFuture Prize
* 2024: Edison Award, VinFuture Prize
* 2025: [[Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering]]
* 2025: Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering


== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
Huang met his wife Lori while studying at Oregon State University. They have two children. Spencer Huang previously ran a bar in Taipei and now works at Nvidia. Madison Huang is director of product marketing at Nvidia.
Huang met his wife, Lori, while studying at Oregon State University. They have two children: Spencer and Madison, who both work at Nvidia. The family resides in Los Altos Hills, California, with additional homes in San Francisco and Wailea, Hawaii.


The family lives in [[Los Altos Hills, California]], and also owns properties in [[San Francisco]] and [[Wailea, Hawaii]].
He is related to Lisa Su, the CEO of AMD, and holds dual Taiwanese and American citizenship. He is fluent in Taiwanese Hokkien.


Huang is a cousin of [[Lisa Su]], CEO of [[AMD]]. He holds dual U.S. and Taiwanese citizenship and speaks Taiwanese Hokkien.
== Relationships ==
 
Huang maintains relationships with industry figures including Morris Chang of TSMC and Charles Liang of Supermicro. Nvidia and Supermicro regularly collaborate on hardware using Nvidia chips.
== Friendship and collaborations ==
Huang is a longtime friend of [[Morris Chang]], founder of [[TSMC]], and [[Charles Liang]] of [[Supermicro]], with whom Nvidia partners for using its AI chips in servers.
 
== See also ==
* [[Nvidia]]
* [[Lisa Su]]
* [[TSMC]]


== References ==
== References ==
{{reflist}}
* Stephen Witt. ''The Thinking Machine: Jensen Huang, Nvidia, and the World's Most Coveted Microchip.'' PDF editions available:
** [https://wiki.snakesoft.eu/ref/books/stars/The%20Thinking%20Machine%20-%20Jensen%20Huang,%20Nvidia,%20and%20the%20Worlds%20Most%20Coveted%20Microchip-CN.pdf The Thinking Machine (Chinese edition)]
** [https://wiki.snakesoft.eu/ref/books/stars/The%20Thinking%20Machine%20-%20Jensen%20Huang,%20Nvidia,%20and%20the%20Worlds%20Most%20Coveted%20Microchip-EN.pdf The Thinking Machine (English edition)]


== External links ==
== External links ==
* [https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/about-nvidia/leadership/jensen-huang/ Jensen Huang – Official profile on Nvidia.com]
* [https://www.forbes.com/profile/jensen-huang/ Jensen Huang profile – Forbes]
* [https://www.forbes.com/profile/jensen-huang/ Forbes profile]
* {{IMDb name|id=5634579|name=Jensen Huang}}
 
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Latest revision as of 19:47, 16 July 2025

Jensen Huang
Born February 17, 1963
Taipei, Taiwan
Nationality Taiwanese
American
Education Oregon State University (BS)
Stanford University (MS)
Occupation Businessman
Electrical engineer
Philanthropist
Known for Co-founding Nvidia
Title President and CEO of Nvidia (1993–present)
Spouse Lori Huang (m. 1985)
Children 2
Relatives Lisa Su (cousin)
Awards IEEE Founders Medal (2020)
VinFuture Prize (2024)
Edison Award (2024)
Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering (2025)

Jen-Hsun "Jensen" Huang (黃仁勳, Huáng Rénxūn; born February 17, 1963) is a Taiwanese-American businessman, electrical engineer, and philanthropist. He is the co-founder, president, and chief executive officer (CEO) of Nvidia, a leading semiconductor and AI company.

In 2025, Forbes estimated Huang's net worth at US$144 billion, making him the ninth richest person in the world.

Early life and education[edit | edit source]

Huang was born in Taipei and raised in Tainan, Taiwan, before moving to Thailand. He studied at Ruamrudee International School in Bangkok. At age nine, he and his brother were sent to the United States, living in Tacoma, Washington, and later attending school in Oneida, Kentucky.

Huang's family eventually settled in Beaverton, Oregon, where he attended Aloha High School. He graduated at age sixteen and worked night shifts at Denny's. He earned a BS in electrical engineering from Oregon State University in 1984, and an MS from Stanford University in 1992.

Career[edit | edit source]

Early work[edit | edit source]

Huang began his career designing microprocessors at AMD, then moved to LSI Logic. There, he co-developed the GX graphics engine and met his future Nvidia co-founders, Chris Malachowsky and Curtis Priem.

Nvidia[edit | edit source]

In 1993, Huang co-founded Nvidia with Malachowsky and Priem. The idea was born at a Denny's restaurant in San Jose. The name “Nvidia” was derived from the Latin word invidia (envy).

Huang became CEO from inception and has led Nvidia for over three decades. He helped secure critical funding and steered the company through early struggles. The launch of the RIVA 128 GPU in 1997 was Nvidia’s first major commercial success.

Huang positioned Nvidia as a leader in GPUs, high-performance computing, and later, artificial intelligence. The company grew rapidly in the 2020s and became the first to reach a $4 trillion market cap in 2025.

Leadership style and public image[edit | edit source]

Known for a hands-on, informal leadership style, Huang avoids using a personal office. He became a global tech icon in the AI era, especially in Taiwan, where fans refer to his visits as “Jensanity.”

Huang's law[edit | edit source]

Huang's law is an observation by Jensen Huang that GPU performance is increasing faster than CPU performance — more than doubling every two years, outpacing Moore’s law.

At Nvidia's 2018 GPU Technology Conference, Huang stated that Nvidia’s GPUs had become 25 times faster over five years, compared to Moore’s law's predicted tenfold increase. He credited this to improvements in architecture, AI, and software integration.

Some critics dispute Huang’s law as overly optimistic, but many in the industry acknowledge that accelerators like GPUs offer performance scaling not seen in conventional CPUs.

Philanthropy[edit | edit source]

Huang has supported major philanthropic initiatives, including:

  • Donating $30 million to Stanford University for the Jen-Hsun Huang Engineering Center.
  • Donating $2 million to Oneida Baptist Institute to build Huang Hall.
  • Donating $50 million to Oregon State University for an AI and supercomputing institute.
  • Supporting educational efforts after the 2008 Sichuan earthquake in China.

Awards and honors[edit | edit source]

  • 1999: Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year (Technology)
  • 2002: Daniel J. Epstein Engineering Management Award
  • 2004: Dr. Morris Chang Exemplary Leadership Award
  • 2005: Alumni Fellow, Oregon State University
  • 2009: Honorary Doctorate, Oregon State University
  • 2020: IEEE Founders Medal
  • 2021, 2024: Time 100
  • 2023: Time 100 AI
  • 2024: Edison Award, VinFuture Prize
  • 2025: Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering

Personal life[edit | edit source]

Huang met his wife, Lori, while studying at Oregon State University. They have two children: Spencer and Madison, who both work at Nvidia. The family resides in Los Altos Hills, California, with additional homes in San Francisco and Wailea, Hawaii.

He is related to Lisa Su, the CEO of AMD, and holds dual Taiwanese and American citizenship. He is fluent in Taiwanese Hokkien.

Relationships[edit | edit source]

Huang maintains relationships with industry figures including Morris Chang of TSMC and Charles Liang of Supermicro. Nvidia and Supermicro regularly collaborate on hardware using Nvidia chips.

References[edit | edit source]

External links[edit | edit source]

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