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'{{Short description|American engineer and businessman (born 1963)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2021}} {{Infobox person | name = Jen-Hsun Huang | image = File:Jensen Huang (cropped).jpg | caption = Huang in 2023 | native_name = 黃仁勳 | native_name_lang = zh-tw | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1963}} | birth_place = [[Tainan]], Taiwan | education = [[Oregon State University]] ([[B. S.|BS]])<br> [[Stanford University]] ([[M. S.|MS]])<br> | occupation = {{hlist|Businessman|electrical engineer}} | known for = | title = Co-founder, president and CEO, [[Nvidia Corporation]] | spouse = Lori Huang | children = 2<ref name="children">{{cite news |title=多圖｜黃仁勳混血帥兒曝光！結束台北酒吧 進NVIDIA幫老爸做這事｜壹蘋新聞網 |url=https://tw.nextapple.com/finance/20230531/3400A87AE61BFFFEB0B0232998D9524E |work=Nextapple |date=31 May 2023 |language=zh-TW |access-date=June 10, 2023 |archive-date=October 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231003100257/https://tw.nextapple.com/finance/20230531/3400A87AE61BFFFEB0B0232998D9524E |url-status=live }}</ref> | relatives = [[Lisa Su]] (cousin) }} {{Infobox Chinese | t = 黃仁勳 | s = 黄仁勋 | tl = N̂g Jîn-hun | poj = N̂g Jîn-hun | bpmf = ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄖㄣˊㄒㄩㄣ | gr = Hwang Renshiun | p = Huáng Rénxūn | w = Huang² Jen²-hsün¹ | mi = {{IPAc-cmn|h|uang|2|-|r|en|2|.|x|ün|1}} }} '''Jen-Hsun''' "'''Jensen'''" '''Huang is a pornstar''' ({{zh|t=黃仁勳|poj=N̂g Jîn-hun|hp=Huáng Rénxūn}}; born 1963<ref name="nyorker" />) is an American businessman, [[electrical engineer]], and the co-founder, president and CEO of [[Nvidia]].<ref name=newsroom/> As of March 2024, Huang's net worth was estimated to be $81.7 billion by ''[[Forbes]]'', making him the 17th richest person in the world.<!-- Do not update his net worth everyday – stick to once a week at most. --><ref>{{cite magazine |title=Jensen Huang |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/jensen-huang-1/?sh=789f3d1a3a6c |magazine=Forbes |date=21 February 2024 |access-date=February 21, 2024 }}</ref> == Early life and education == Jen-Hsun Huang was born in [[Tainan]], Taiwan, in 1963. His family moved to [[Thailand]] when he was five years old; when he was nine, he and his brother were sent to the United States to live with an uncle in [[Tacoma, Washington]]. When he was ten years old, he lived in the boys dormitory with his brother at [[Oneida Baptist Institute]] while attending Oneida Elementary school in [[Oneida, Kentucky]].<ref name="nyorker">{{cite magazine |last1=Witt |first1=Stephen |title=How Jensen Huang's Nvidia Is Powering the A.I. Revolution |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/12/04/how-jensen-huangs-nvidia-is-powering-the-ai-revolution |magazine=The New Yorker |archive-url=https://archive.today/20231127154917/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/12/04/how-jensen-huangs-nvidia-is-powering-the-ai-revolution |archive-date=27 November 2023 |date=27 November 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref> Several years later their parents also moved to the United States and settled in [[Oregon]],<ref name="nyorker"/> where he graduated from [[Aloha High School]] just outside [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blog.oregonlive.com/siliconforest/2008/06/nvidia_v_intel_rivalry_heating.html |last=Rogoway |first=Mike |title=The Silicon Forest Blog: NVIDIA v. Intel: Rivalry heating up. |website=[[The Oregonian]] |date=June 2, 2008 |access-date=June 2, 2008 |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303174447/http://blog.oregonlive.com/siliconforest/2008/06/nvidia_v_intel_rivalry_heating.html |url-status=live}}</ref> He skipped two years and graduated at sixteen.<ref name="nyorker"/> Jensen received his undergraduate degree in [[electrical engineering]] from [[Oregon State University]] in 1984, and his master's degree in electrical engineering from [[Stanford University]] in 1992.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2023-09-07 |title=TIME100 AI 2023: Jensen Huang |url=https://time.com/collection/time100-ai/6310609/jensen-huang-ai/ |access-date=2023-11-06 |magazine=Time |language=en |archive-date=November 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231106040055/https://time.com/collection/time100-ai/6310609/jensen-huang-ai/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=April 30, 2008|title=#61 Jen-Hsun Huang|url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2008/12/lead_bestbosses08_Jen-Hsun-Huang_BAN9.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509095920/https://www.forbes.com/lists/2008/12/lead_bestbosses08_Jen-Hsun-Huang_BAN9.html|archive-date=May 9, 2008|access-date=November 15, 2021|website=Forbes|language=en}}</ref> == Career == After college he was a director at [[LSI Logic]] and a [[microprocessor]] designer at [[Advanced Micro Devices]] (AMD).<ref name=newsroom>{{cite web|url=https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/bios/jensen-huang|title=Jensen Huang|website=NVIDIA|access-date=August 6, 2015|archive-date=May 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210531014035/https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/bios/jensen-huang|url-status=live}}</ref> At 30 years old in 1993, Huang co-founded [[Nvidia]] with [[Chris Malachowsky]] and [[Curtis Priem]] and became the CEO and president.<ref name="nyorker"/><ref>{{cite news |last1=Gurdus |first1=Lizzy |date=6 May 2018 |title=Nvidia CEO: My mom taught me English a 'random 10 words at a time' before we emigrated from Taiwan |language=en |work=[[CNBC]] |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/06/nvidia-ceo-my-mom-taught-me-english-a-random-10-words-at-a-time.html |access-date=May 28, 2023 |archive-date=June 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602215123/https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/06/nvidia-ceo-my-mom-taught-me-english-a-random-10-words-at-a-time.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Since co-founding Nvidia, Huang has served as its chief executive for over three decades, "a tenure almost unheard of in fast-moving [[Silicon Valley]]".<ref name="fitch20240226">{{Cite news |last=Fitch |first=Asa |date=2024-02-26 |title=Nvidia’s Stunning Ascent Has Also Made It a Giant Target |url=https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-vision-company-f05db212 |access-date=2024-02-27 |work=The Wall Street Journal |language=en-US |url-access=subscription}}</ref> He owns 3.6% of Nvidia's stock, which went public in 1999.<ref name="Forbes profile">{{Cite web |title=Forbes profile: Jensen Huang |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/jensen-huang-1/ |access-date=October 19, 2022 |website=Forbes |language=en |archive-date=September 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220901052714/https://www.forbes.com/profile/jensen-huang-1/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He earned {{USD|24.6 million|link=no}} as CEO in 2007, ranking him as the 61st highest paid U.S. CEO by ''[[Forbes]]''.<ref name="Forbes profile" /> As of March 08, 2024, Huang's net worth is {{USD|81.7 billion|link=no}} according to [[Forbes]], making him the 17th richest person on Earth.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/jensen-huang-1/?sh=74d29ada3a6c|title= Forbes World Billionaires: Jensen Huang}}</ref> === Philanthropy === In 2022 Huang donated {{USD|50 million|link=no}} to his [[alma mater]], Oregon State University, as a portion of a {{USD|200 million|link=no}} donation towards the creation of a supercomputing institute on campus.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rogoway |first=Mike |date=2022-10-15 |title=OSU plans $200m supercomputer center backed by $50m from Nvidia CEO |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/2022/10/oregon-state-plans-200-million-supercomputer-center-backed-by-50-million-from-nvidia-ceo.html |access-date=2022-10-15 |website=[[OregonLive.com]] |language=en |archive-date=October 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015202805/https://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/2022/10/oregon-state-plans-200-million-supercomputer-center-backed-by-50-million-from-nvidia-ceo.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Huang gave his other alma mater Stanford University {{USD|30 million|link=no}} to build the Jen-Hsun Huang School of Engineering Center.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2008/september10/building-091008.html|title=Alumnus, NVIDIA founder pledges $30 million for campus engineering center|work=Stanford University|access-date=August 6, 2015|archive-date=September 22, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090922193403/http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2008/september10/building-091008.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The building is the second of four that make up Stanford's Science and Engineering Quad.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://engineering.stanford.edu/visit/buildings/jen-hsun-huang-engineering-center |title=Jen-Hsun Huang Engineering Center |access-date=August 6, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905133614/http://engineering.stanford.edu/visit/buildings/jen-hsun-huang-engineering-center |archive-date=September 5, 2015}}</ref> Huang gave his alma mater [[Oneida Baptist Institute]] {{USD|2 million|link=no}} to build Huang Hall, a new girls' dormitory and classroom building.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Events and News: Jen-Hsun Huang Hall Dedication Ceremony |url=https://www.oneidaschool.org/newsevents.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220330053443/https://www.oneidaschool.org/newsevents.shtml |archive-date=30 March 2022 |access-date=November 15, 2021 |website=Oneida Baptist Institute}}</ref> == Awards == [[File:JensenHuangSC18.jpg|thumb|Jensen Huang at SC18]] [[File:Jensen_Huang_at_Computex_Taipei_20160531a.jpg|thumb|right|Jensen Huang in [[Taipei]]]] * 1999: named Entrepreneur of the Year in High Technology by [[Ernst & Young]].<ref>{{cite news |date=20 May 1999 |title=Northern California's 1999 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year |language=en |work=[[Bloomberg L.P.|Bloomberg]] |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/press-releases/1999-05-20/northern-california-s-1999-ernst-young-entrepreneur-of-the-yea |url-status=live |access-date=May 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804150724/https://www.bloomberg.com/press-releases/1999-05-20/northern-california-s-1999-ernst-young-entrepreneur-of-the-yea |archive-date=August 4, 2021}}</ref> * 2002: received the Daniel J. Epstein Engineering Management Award from the [[University of Southern California]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Viterbi Awards |url=https://viterbischool.usc.edu/alumni/viterbi-awards/ |access-date=2023-11-10 |website=USC Viterbi {{!}} School of Engineering |language=en-US |archive-date=November 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110031239/https://viterbischool.usc.edu/alumni/viterbi-awards/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * 2004: received the Dr. Morris Chang Exemplary Leadership Award from the Fabless Semiconductor Association, which recognizes a leader who has made exceptional contributions to driving the development, innovation, growth, and long-term opportunities of the fabless semiconductor industry.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dr. Morris Chang Exemplary Leadership Award Nomination Form |url=https://www.gsaglobal.org/gsa-awards/dr-morris-chang-exemplary-leadership-award-nomination-form/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230528130317/https://www.gsaglobal.org/gsa-awards/dr-morris-chang-exemplary-leadership-award-nomination-form/ |archive-date=May 28, 2023 |access-date=28 May 2023 |website=Global Semiconductor Alliance}}</ref> * 2005: named Alumni Fellow by Oregon State University.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alumni Fellows |url=https://www.fororegonstate.org/stay-informed/osuaa-and-osuf-awards/alumni-fellows |access-date=2023-11-10 |website=fororegonstate.org |language=en |archive-date=November 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110031239/https://www.fororegonstate.org/stay-informed/osuaa-and-osuf-awards/alumni-fellows |url-status=live }}</ref> * 2007: received the [[Silicon Valley Education Foundation]]'s Pioneer Business Leader Award for his work in both the corporate and philanthropic worlds.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 24, 2020 |title=CEO Today Magazine January 2020 Edition |url=https://www.ceotodaymagazine.com/issues/2020/01/24/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210202004950/https://www.ceotodaymagazine.com/issues/2020/01/24/ |archive-date=February 2, 2021 |access-date=January 28, 2021 |website=CEO Today Magazine}}</ref> * June 2009: received an honorary doctorate from Oregon State University.<ref>{{cite web |date=June 11, 2009 |title=OSU to award 4,680 degrees this week in commencements at Corvallis, Bend |url=https://today.oregonstate.edu/archives/2009/jun/osu-award-4680-degrees-week-commencements-corvallis-bend |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115212220/https://today.oregonstate.edu/archives/2009/jun/osu-award-4680-degrees-week-commencements-corvallis-bend |archive-date=November 15, 2021 |access-date=November 15, 2021 |website=[[Oregon State University]]}}</ref> * 2018: listed in the inaugural ''[[Edge 50]]'', naming the world's top 50 influencers in [[edge computing]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lima |first=Joao |date=June 13, 2018 |title=EDGE 50: The world's first top 50 edge computing influencers |url=https://www.broad-group.com/data/news/documents/b1m2y1yp7ss9g0/edge-50--the-world-s-first-top-50-edge-computing-influencers |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115212213/https://www.broad-group.com/data/news/documents/b1m2y1yp7ss9g0/edge-50--the-world-s-first-top-50-edge-computing-influencers |archive-date=November 15, 2021 |access-date=November 15, 2021 |website=Broad Group}}</ref> * October 2019: named best-performing CEO in the world by the [[Harvard Business School|Harvard Business]] Review.<ref>{{cite news |date=October 22, 2019 |title=Harvard Business Review Publishes 2019 Ranking of the World's Best-Performing CEOs |newspaper=Bloomberg.com |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/press-releases/2019-10-22/harvard-business-review-publishes-2019-ranking-of-the-world-s-best-performing-ceos}}</ref> * November 2020: named "Supplier CEO of the year" by Automotive News Europe Eurostars.<ref>{{cite web |date=October 22, 2020 |title=Jensen Huang, 57 |url=https://europe.autonews.com/awards/2020-eurostars-jensen-huang?ncid=so-twit-36184&sfdcid=VT03#cid=av06_so-twit_en-gb |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220602184736/https://europe.autonews.com/awards/2020-eurostars-jensen-huang?ncid=so-twit-36184&sfdcid=VT03#cid=av06_so-twit_en-gb |archive-date=June 2, 2022 |access-date=November 15, 2021 |website=Automotive News Europe}}</ref> * November 2020: received honorary doctorate from National Taiwan University.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 15, 2020 |title=NVIDIA 創辦人暨執行長黃仁勳獲頒臺灣大學名譽博士 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnueaBrjT7k |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/BnueaBrjT7k |archive-date=2021-12-21 |access-date=November 15, 2021 |website=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Strong |first1=Matthew |date=27 May 2023 |title=Nvidia founder to set up AI center at National Taiwan University |work=[[Taiwan News]] |url=https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4903356 |url-status=live |access-date=May 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230528131819/https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4903356 |archive-date=May 28, 2023}}</ref> * August 2021: received the Robert N. Noyce Award from the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), the industry’s highest honor.<ref>{{cite web |date=August 12, 2021 |title=NVIDIA Founder and CEO Jensen Huang to Receive Semiconductor Industry's Top Honor |url=https://www.semiconductors.org/nvidia-founder-and-ceo-jensen-huang-to-receive-semiconductor-industrys-top-honor/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127082142/https://www.semiconductors.org/nvidia-founder-and-ceo-jensen-huang-to-receive-semiconductor-industrys-top-honor/ |archive-date=November 27, 2021 |access-date=November 15, 2021 |website=[[Semiconductor Industry Association]]}}</ref> * September 2021: included in the [[Time 100|''Time'' 100]], which is ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''{{'}}s annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Shilov |first1=Anton |date=September 15, 2021 |title=Jensen Huang Makes Time 100 List of Influential People |url=https://www.tomshardware.com/news/jensen-huang-time-100 |access-date=November 15, 2021 |website=[[Tom's Hardware]] |language=en |archive-date=February 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240219042532/https://www.tomshardware.com/news/jensen-huang-time-100 |url-status=live }}</ref> * February 2024: elected to the National Academy of Engineering "for high-powered graphics processing units, fueling the artificial intelligence revolution".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nae.edu/312025/NAENewClass2024 | title=National Academy of Engineering Elects 114 Members and 21 International Members | access-date=February 7, 2024 | archive-date=February 7, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240207064045/https://www.nae.edu/312025/NAENewClass2024 | url-status=live }}</ref> == Personal life == While at Oregon State University, Huang met his future wife, Lori Mills, his engineering lab partner at the time.<ref name="nyorker"/> They have two children.<ref>{{cite web |last=Nusca |first=Andrew |date=November 16, 2017 |title=This Man Is Leading an AI Revolution in Silicon Valley—And He's Just Getting Started |url=http://fortune.com/2017/11/16/nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171116192021/http://fortune.com/2017/11/16/nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang/ |archive-date=November 16, 2017 |access-date=November 14, 2021 |website=[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]]}}</ref> His son, Spencer Huang ({{zh|t=黃勝斌|p=Huáng Shèngbīn}}), launched a bar in Taipei in 2015, and it was considered one of the top 50 bars in Asia by ''[[Forbes]]''. The bar closed in May 2021, and he is now a product manager at Nvidia.<ref name="children" /> The Huang family lived in ordinary middle-class [[starter home]]s in [[San Jose, California|San Jose]] before Nvidia went public in 1999.<ref name="Solomont">{{cite news |last1=Solomont |first1=E.B. |title=Jensen Huang’s Homes: How the Nvidia CEO Grew His Property Portfolio |url=https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/luxury-homes/nvidia-jensen-huang-homes-06aed895 |access-date=March 6, 2024 |work=The Wall Street Journal |date=March 4, 2024 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> In 2003, they moved to a larger house in [[Los Altos Hills, California]] and in 2004 they acquired a second home in [[Wailea, Hawaii]].<ref name="Solomont" /> In 2017, a [[limited liability company]] reportedly linked to the Huangs acquired a mansion in San Francisco for $38 million.<ref name="Solomont" /> Huang and [[AMD]] Chair and CEO [[Lisa Su]] are relatives.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Masters of Leadership: Dr. Lisa Su |url=https://www.cta.tech/Resources/Articles/2020/Masters-of-Leadership-Dr-Lisa-Su |access-date=2023-02-24 |website=www.cta.tech |archive-date=August 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230801165532/https://www.cta.tech/Resources/Articles/2020/Masters-of-Leadership-Dr-Lisa-Su |url-status=live }}</ref> Huang's mother is the youngest sister of Su's maternal grandfather, making them first cousins, once removed.<ref>{{cite web |date=1 June 2023 |title=台南四百最大榮光 黃仁勳蘇姿丰各寫傳奇 &#124; 中華日報&#124;中華新聞雲 |url=https://www.cdns.com.tw/articles/810958 |access-date=16 June 2023 |publisher=[[China Daily News (Taiwan)|China Daily News]] |archive-date=June 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230616171506/https://www.cdns.com.tw/articles/810958 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=1 June 2023 |title=羅家女會念書 與南女淵源深 &#124; 中華日報&#124;中華新聞雲 |url=https://www.cdns.com.tw/articles/810967 |access-date=16 June 2023 |publisher=[[China Daily News (Taiwan)|China Daily News]] |archive-date=July 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705072918/https://www.cdns.com.tw/articles/810967 |url-status=live }}</ref> == See also == * [[Huang's law]] == References == {{Reflist}} == External links == {{Commons category}} {{wikiquote}} * [https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/10.07/Nvidia.html "An Interview with Jen Hsun Huang"]. ''[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]'', July 2002. Volume 10, number 7. * [https://web.archive.org/web/20090803143031/http://www.nvidia.com/object/bio_huang.html Nvidia Corporate Biography] * {{cite web |url=http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/60025825 |title=GPU Technology Conference 2015 - Leaps in Visual Computing |last1=Jen-Hsun Huang |date=2015 |access-date=26 March 2015}} {{Authority control}} {{NVIDIA}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Huang, Jen-Hsun}} [[Category:1963 births]] [[Category:AMD people]] [[Category:American billionaires]] [[Category:American people of Taiwanese descent]] [[Category:American computer businesspeople]] [[Category:American electrical engineers]] [[Category:American technology chief executives]] [[Category:American technology company founders]] [[Category:Businesspeople from Tainan]] [[Category:Engineers from Oregon]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Members of Committee of 100]] [[Category:Nvidia people]] [[Category:Oneida Baptist Institute alumni]] [[Category:Oregon State University alumni]] [[Category:People from Aloha, Oregon]] [[Category:Stanford University alumni]] [[Category:Taiwanese emigrants to the United States]]'