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Last Updated Jul 15, 2026, 6:30am EDT

  • Jensen Huang cofounded graphics-chip maker Nvidia in 1993 and has served as its CEO and president ever since.
  • Huang owns approximately 3% of Nvidia, which he took public in 1999.
  • Born in Taiwan, Huang moved to Thailand as a child, but his family sent him and his brother to the U.S as civil unrest mounted in the Asian nation.
  • Under Huang, Nvidia's GPUs became dominant first in computer gaming and now in AI, propelling the company's market cap past $4 trillion in 2025.
  • He's given Stanford $30 million for an engineering center and, in 2022, gave $50 million to Oregon State University for a namesake research center.
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Age
63
Source of Wealth
Semiconductors, Self Made
Self-Made Score
8
Philanthropy Score
1
Residence
Los Altos, California
Citizenship
United States
Marital Status
Married
Education
Master of Science in Engineering, Stanford University; Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Oregon State University
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Shortly after arriving in the U.S., Huang was sent to a boarding school in rural Kentucky for troubled youth by his aunt and uncle, who mistook it for a prep school.
At boarding school, Huang was assigned to clean the boys' bathroom every day after class, while his brother worked on the tobacco farm.
Huang also worked as a waiter at Denny's, which he says helped him overcome his shyness.
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