Jen-Hsun "Jensen" Huang (; born February 17, 1963) is a Taiwanese American billionaire

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, and the co-founder, current president and

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Early years and education

Huang was born in

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. His family emigrated to the

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when he was 9 years old, first living in

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, and settling in

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, where he graduated from Aloha High School just outside Portland. Huang received his undergraduate degree in

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from

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in 1984, and his master's degree in electrical engineering from

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in 1992.

Career

After college he was a director at

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and a

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designer at

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, Inc. (AMD). On his 30th birthday in 1993, Huang co-founded

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and is the CEO and president. He owns 3.6% of Nvidia's stock, which went public in 1999. He earned $24.6 million as CEO in 2007, ranking him as the 61st highest paid U.S. CEO by ''

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''. As of April 2021, Huang's net worth is according to the

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Philanthropy

In 2022 Huang donated $50 million to his alma mater, Oregon State University, as a portion of a $200 million donation towards the creation of super computing institute on campus. Huang gave his other alma mater Stanford University US$30 million to build the Jen-Hsun Huang School of Engineering Center. The building is the second of four that make up Stanford's Science and Engineering Quad. It was designed by Bora Architects of Portland, Oregon and completed in 2010. Huang gave his alma mater

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$2 million to build Huang Hall, a new girls' dormitory and classroom building. It was designed by CMW Architects of Lexington, Kentucky. In 2007, Huang was the recipient of the

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's Pioneer Business Leader Award for his work in both the corporate and philanthropic worlds.

Awards

In 1999, Jensen Huang was named Entrepreneur of the Year in High Technology by

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. In 2003, Huang received the Dr. Morris Chang Exemplary Leadership Award, which recognizes a leader who has made exceptional contributions to driving the development, innovation, growth, and long-term opportunities of the fabless semiconductor industry, from the Fabless Semiconductor Association. He was also a National Finalist for the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2003 and was an Award Recipient for the Northern California region in 1999. Additionally, Huang is a recipient of the Daniel J. Epstein Engineering Management Award from the

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and was named an Alumni Fellow by Oregon State University. Huang was awarded an honorary doctorate from Oregon State University at the June 13, 2009, commencement ceremony. In 2018, Huang was listed in the inaugural ''

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'', naming the world's top 50 influencers in edge computing. In October 2019, Harvard Business Review named Jensen Huang best-performing CEO in the world. In November 2020, Jensen Huang was named "Supplier CEO of the year" by Eurostars AutomotiveNewsEurope. Huang was awarded an honorary doctorate from National Taiwan University at the school anniversary in November, 2020. In August 2021, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) announced that Jensen Huang is the 2021 recipient of the industry’s highest honor, the Robert N. Noyce Award. In September 2021, he was included in the ''Time'' 100, ''

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''s annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world.

Personal life

While at Oregon State, Huang met his future wife, Lori, his engineering lab partner at the time. Huang has two children.

References

External links

"An Interview with Jen Hsun Huang"
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'' July 2002. Volume 10, Number 7
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