Jensen Huang (Chinese: 黃仁勳; pinyin: Huáng Rénxūn; born February 17, 1963) is a Taiwan-born American entrepreneur and businessman. He co-founded the graphics-processor company Nvidia and serves as its president and CEO. Huang graduated from Oregon State University before moving to California where he graduated from Stanford University. As of 2008, Forbes listed him as the 61st highest paid CEO in a list of U.S. CEOs.
Early years
Huang was born in Taiwan. After leaving Oneida Baptist Institute and moving to Oregon with his family, Huang began to play table tennis at a club in downtown Portland and at age 15, he placed third in junior doubles at the U.S. Table Tennis Open. He graduated from Aloha High School, located in the western suburbs of Portland.
Huang 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. While at Oregon State, he met his future wife Lori, his engineering lab partner at the time. Huang has two children.
Career
After college he was Director of Coreware at LSI Logic and a microprocessor designer at Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD). On his 30th birthday in 1993, Huang co-founded Nvidia and is currently the CEO and President. He owns a portion of Nvidia’s stock worth about USD $1.3 billion as of 2016. He earned $24.6 million as CEO in 2007, ranking him as the 61st highest paid U.S. CEO by Forbes.
Philanthropy
Huang gave his alma mater Stanford University US$30 million that built the Jen-Hsun Huang School of Engineering Center. The building is the second of four that make up Stanford’s new Science and Engineering Quad. It was designed by Boora Architects of Portland, Oregon.
Huang was the recipient in 2007 of the Silicon Valley Education Foundation’s Pioneer Business Leader Award for his work in both the corporate and philanthropic worlds.
Summary
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Huang in October 2014
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| Born | February 17, 1963 Taipei, Taiwan |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Alma mater | Oregon State University Stanford University |
| Occupation | Co-founder, president and CEO, Nvidia Corporation |
| Salary | USD $24.6 million (2007) |
| Net worth | USD $2.5 billion (March 2017) |
| Spouse(s) | Lori Huang |
Jensen Huang net worth: Jensen Huang is a Taiwanese American businessman and entrepreneur who has a net worth of $6.6 billion. Jensen Huang was born in Tainan, Taiwan in February 1963. He is best known for co-founding the graphics processor company Nvidia in 1993 and serving as the company’s president and CEO. Huang graduated from Oregon State University and earned his master’s degree from Stanford University. He worked at LSI Logic as a director and at Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. as a microprocessor designer. He co-founded Nvidia on his 30th birthday and has served as CEO and President since day one. He donated $30 million to Stanford University to build the Jen-Hsun Huang School of Engineering Center and received the Pioneer Business Leader Award from the Silicon Valley Education Foundation in 2007. Jensen Huang has received several other awards including Entrepreneur of the Year in High Technology by Ernst & Young in 1999 and being part of the EDGE 50 in 2018.
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