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{{short description|Taiwanese-American businessman and CEO of Nvidia}}
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| native_name      = 黃仁勳
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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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| Businessman<br>Electrical engineer<br>Philanthropist
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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 Corporation]] (1993–present)
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| Spouse
| Lori Huang (m. 1985)
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| Children
| 2
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| Relatives
| [[Lisa Su]] (cousin)
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| Awards
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* IEEE Founders Medal (2020)
* VinFuture Prize (2024)
* Edison Award (2024)
* Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering (2025)
* 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''' ({{lang-zh|s=黄仁勋|t=黃仁勳|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 of [[Nvidia]], the world's largest semiconductor 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, ranking him the ninth wealthiest individual 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]] during the late 1960s. At age 9, he and his brother were sent to the United States, living first in [[Tacoma, Washington]], then 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 later moved with his family to [[Beaverton, Oregon]], and graduated from [[Aloha High School]] at age 16. He worked night shifts at a local Denny's restaurant while excelling in table tennis and academics. He earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from [[Oregon State University]] in 1984, followed by a master's degree in electrical engineering 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 industry work ===
Huang began his career designing microprocessors at [[AMD]] before moving to [[LSI Logic]]. There, he helped develop the GX graphics engine and met 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 for the company was formed at a [[Denny's]] restaurant in San Jose, California. The name “Nvidia” was chosen by Huang, derived from the Latin word ''invidia'', meaning envy.


=== Founding Nvidia ===
Huang became CEO from the company’s inception. Under his leadership, Nvidia survived early financial struggles, including a near-bankruptcy in the 1990s, and shifted to become a dominant force in graphics and high-performance computing. The release of the RIVA 128 in 1997 helped establish Nvidia’s success in GPU manufacturing.
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 ===
As CEO, Huang oversaw Nvidia’s pivot to AI, data center computing, and autonomous systems. The company crossed $1 trillion in market capitalization in 2023 and reached $4 trillion 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 profile ===
Known for his hands-on leadership and informal style, Huang prefers working without a private office and has dozens of direct reports. By 2024–2025, his profile rose globally, especially in Taiwan, where media dubbed his visits "Jensanity". As of 2025, he is one of the most influential CEOs in technology.


== Huang's law ==
== Huang's law ==
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'''Huang's law''' is a concept proposed by Jensen Huang during Nvidia's 2018 GPU Technology Conference. It observes that the compute performance of graphics processing units (GPUs) has been improving at a rate significantly faster than traditional CPUs.
'''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].
While [[Moore's law]] predicted a doubling of transistor density every two years, Huang claimed that GPU performance more than tripled every two years due to synergistic improvements in architecture, software, and accelerated computing. Huang emphasized optimization across the computing stack—not just chip design—as a core driver of progress.


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].
The principle gained popularity within the tech industry, especially as GPUs became central to modern AI workloads. However, some analysts criticized it as overly optimistic marketing. Studies have shown that GPU price-to-performance improvements have not always exceeded Moore’s law in consistent terms.


== Philanthropy ==
== Philanthropy ==
Huang has donated to several institutions including:
Huang has contributed to multiple educational and charitable initiatives:
* $30 million to [[Stanford University]] to establish the Jen-Hsun Huang School of Engineering Center.
* Donated $30 million to [[Stanford University]], leading to the construction of the Jen-Hsun Huang Engineering Center.
* $2 million to [[Oneida Baptist Institute]] for the construction of Huang Hall.
* Donated $2 million to [[Oneida Baptist Institute]] for construction of Huang Hall.
* $50 million to [[Oregon State University]] to establish a supercomputing institute.
* Donated $50 million to [[Oregon State University]] to support supercomputing and AI research.


In 2008, Nvidia also funded a school in China after the [[2008 Sichuan earthquake]].
In 2008, Huang and Nvidia contributed to rebuilding schools in China following the Sichuan earthquake.


== Awards ==
== Awards and honors ==
* 1999: Entrepreneur of the Year ([[Ernst & Young]])
* 1999: Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year (High Technology)
* 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: Named in ''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 in college 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 properties in [[San Francisco]] and [[Wailea, Hawaii]].
 
The family lives in [[Los Altos Hills, California]], and also owns properties in [[San Francisco]] and [[Wailea, Hawaii]].


Huang is a cousin of [[Lisa Su]], CEO of [[AMD]]. He holds dual U.S. and Taiwanese citizenship and speaks Taiwanese Hokkien.
Huang is related to [[Lisa Su]], CEO of [[AMD]], through his mother’s family. He holds dual U.S. and Taiwanese citizenship and speaks Taiwanese Hokkien.


== Friendship and collaborations ==
== Connections ==
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.
Huang maintains close professional and personal relationships with several industry figures, including [[Morris Chang]] of [[TSMC]] and [[Charles Liang]] of [[Supermicro]], whose company utilizes Nvidia chips in its servers.


== See also ==
== See also ==
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* [[Lisa Su]]
* [[Lisa Su]]
* [[TSMC]]
* [[TSMC]]
* [[Moore's law]]


== References ==
== References ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* [https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/about-nvidia/leadership/jensen-huang/ Jensen Huang – Official profile on Nvidia.com]
* [https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/about-nvidia/leadership/jensen-huang/ Jensen Huang – Nvidia official bio]
* [https://www.forbes.com/profile/jensen-huang/ Forbes profile]
* [https://www.forbes.com/profile/jensen-huang/ Jensen Huang profile – ''Forbes'']
* {{IMDb name|id=5634579|name=Jensen Huang}}
* [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5634579/ Jensen Huang] on IMDb


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Revision as of 15:55, 16 July 2025

Jensen Huang
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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 Corporation (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 (Template:Lang-zh; born February 17, 1963) is a Taiwanese-American businessman, electrical engineer, and philanthropist. He is the co-founder, president, and chief executive officer of Nvidia, the world's largest semiconductor company.

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

Early life and education

Huang was born in Taipei and raised in Tainan, Taiwan, before moving to Thailand. He studied at Ruamrudee International School in Bangkok during the late 1960s. At age 9, he and his brother were sent to the United States, living first in Tacoma, Washington, then attending school in Oneida, Kentucky.

Huang later moved with his family to Beaverton, Oregon, and graduated from Aloha High School at age 16. He worked night shifts at a local Denny's restaurant while excelling in table tennis and academics. He earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Oregon State University in 1984, followed by a master's degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University in 1992.

Career

Early industry work

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

Nvidia

In 1993, Huang co-founded Nvidia with Malachowsky and Priem. The idea for the company was formed at a Denny's restaurant in San Jose, California. The name “Nvidia” was chosen by Huang, derived from the Latin word invidia, meaning envy.

Huang became CEO from the company’s inception. Under his leadership, Nvidia survived early financial struggles, including a near-bankruptcy in the 1990s, and shifted to become a dominant force in graphics and high-performance computing. The release of the RIVA 128 in 1997 helped establish Nvidia’s success in GPU manufacturing.

As CEO, Huang oversaw Nvidia’s pivot to AI, data center computing, and autonomous systems. The company crossed $1 trillion in market capitalization in 2023 and reached $4 trillion in 2025.

Leadership style and public profile

Known for his hands-on leadership and informal style, Huang prefers working without a private office and has dozens of direct reports. By 2024–2025, his profile rose globally, especially in Taiwan, where media dubbed his visits "Jensanity". As of 2025, he is one of the most influential CEOs in technology.

Huang's law

Huang's law is a concept proposed by Jensen Huang during Nvidia's 2018 GPU Technology Conference. It observes that the compute performance of graphics processing units (GPUs) has been improving at a rate significantly faster than traditional CPUs.

While Moore's law predicted a doubling of transistor density every two years, Huang claimed that GPU performance more than tripled every two years due to synergistic improvements in architecture, software, and accelerated computing. Huang emphasized optimization across the computing stack—not just chip design—as a core driver of progress.

The principle gained popularity within the tech industry, especially as GPUs became central to modern AI workloads. However, some analysts criticized it as overly optimistic marketing. Studies have shown that GPU price-to-performance improvements have not always exceeded Moore’s law in consistent terms.

Philanthropy

Huang has contributed to multiple educational and charitable initiatives:

In 2008, Huang and Nvidia contributed to rebuilding schools in China following the Sichuan earthquake.

Awards and honors

  • 1999: Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year (High 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: Named in Time 100
  • 2023: Time 100 AI
  • 2024: Edison Award, VinFuture Prize
  • 2025: Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering

Personal life

Huang met his wife, Lori, while in college 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 properties in San Francisco and Wailea, Hawaii.

Huang is related to Lisa Su, CEO of AMD, through his mother’s family. He holds dual U.S. and Taiwanese citizenship and speaks Taiwanese Hokkien.

Connections

Huang maintains close professional and personal relationships with several industry figures, including Morris Chang of TSMC and Charles Liang of Supermicro, whose company utilizes Nvidia chips in its servers.

See also

References

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External links

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