Jensen Huang
Founder, President & CEO, NVIDIA
About
Jensen Huang (Jen-Hsun Huang) is the founder, president, and CEO of NVIDIA, the company whose 1993 founding from a Denny's restaurant led to the invention of the GPU in 1999 — a breakthrough that transformed gaming, scientific computing, and ultimately enabled the deep learning revolution. Born in Taiwan in 1963, he moved to the United States as a child, earned his BSEE from Oregon State University and MSEE from Stanford. Under his leadership, NVIDIA became the world's most valuable company, powering the infrastructure behind modern AI. He is widely regarded as the architect of the GPU computing era.
Key Contributions
- Co-founded NVIDIA in 1993 and bet on accelerated graphics before GPUs became the engine of modern AI
- Led NVIDIA from near-failure into GPU leadership, first through graphics and later high-performance computing
- Backed CUDA and general-purpose GPU computing, turning gaming hardware into a platform for deep learning and scientific workloads
- Built NVIDIA's data-center stack — GPUs, networking, CUDA libraries, and DGX systems — into the default infrastructure for frontier AI labs
- Led NVIDIA through the generative-AI boom to become one of the world's most valuable companies
- Also became a symbol of AI's hardware bottleneck: supply constraints, export controls, and dependence on a single vendor now shape the field
Videos & Interviews
Conversation with Jensen Huang, President and CEO of NVIDIA | WEF Annual Meeting 2026
Jensen Huang discusses AI, computing, and NVIDIA's vision at the World Economic Forum in Davos 2026
View Details
Joe Rogan Experience #2422 - Jensen Huang
Wide-ranging conversation on the AI revolution, NVIDIA's origins, fear of failure, and the future of computing
View Details
NVIDIA CES 2026 Keynote with CEO Jensen Huang
NVIDIA's CES 2026 keynote covering next-gen chips, robotics, AI infrastructure, and the future of computing
View Details
