Jensen Huang

Jensen Huang is a Taiwanese-American technology entrepreneur and the co-founder and CEO of NVIDIA, a company he established in 1993. Under his leadership, NVIDIA evolved from a graphics processor manufacturer into the world's dominant supplier of AI accelerator chips, particularly GPUs critical to deep learning and large language models. Huang's strategic vision—recognizing early the importance of parallel computing for AI—positioned NVIDIA at the center of the AI revolution of the 2010s-2020s.

Born in Taiwan and raised in Thailand and the United States, Huang studied electrical engineering at Oregon State University before co-founding NVIDIA with Chris Malachowsky and Curtis Priem. He has been instrumental in NVIDIA's major pivots: from gaming graphics to data center AI acceleration, and more recently to AI infrastructure and software platforms. His keynote presentations at industry conferences have become influential moments in tech culture, and he is widely recognized as one of the most consequential figures in enabling modern AI systems.

Huang's leadership has made him a prominent voice on AI's trajectory and societal impact. NVIDIA's market capitalization has grown to become one of the world's most valuable companies, largely driven by demand for its chips in AI training and inference. He remains actively involved in NVIDIA's strategy and public representation.

Taiwanese-born entrepreneur who co-founded NVIDIA in 1993 and built it into the world's leading AI chip manufacturer. His strategic focus on GPU computing for AI has made him central to the modern AI revolution and one of tech's most influential figures.