The company whose chips are most talked about today in the world of artificial intelligence is NVIDIA, and behind it is Jensen Huang. Huang, the company’s founder, president and CEO, transformed a small graphics chip startup into a global technology company. Today, NVIDIA processors have become a key foundation for training AI models, data centres and modern computing across the world. Behind his success have been technical understanding, the courage to take risks and the ability to identify future needs in time.
Huang was born on February 17, 1963, in Tainan, Taiwan. He spent part of his childhood in Thailand. At around the age of nine, he and his elder brother were sent to the United States for education. While studying at Oneida Baptist Institute in Kentucky, he faced difficult circumstances. There, at a young age, he learned the importance of discipline and hard work. His family later settled in Oregon in the United States.
Huang earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Oregon State University. He then completed a master’s degree in the same subject from Stanford University in 1992. Before founding NVIDIA, he gained experience in the semiconductor industry by working at companies such as AMD and LSI Logic.
NVIDIA’s foundation laid in a restaurant
In 1993, Huang founded NVIDIA with his two colleagues Chris Malachowsky and Curtis Priem. The plan to start the company was formed during a meeting at a Denny’s restaurant in California. The initial goal was to develop better graphics chips for computer games and multimedia. In 1999, the company introduced the GeForce 256, which NVIDIA describes as the world’s first GPU. This technology brought a major change to computer graphics and parallel computing.
The journey from gaming to artificial intelligence
NVIDIA gradually expanded the use of its GPUs beyond gaming to scientific research, machine learning and data centres. The company’s CUDA software platform helped developers use the parallel computing capability of GPUs. This technological base played an important role in the development of modern AI. After generative AI tools such as ChatGPT became popular, demand for NVIDIA processors rose rapidly.
Huang is also identified with his black leather jacket and direct style of communication. Leading the company for more than three decades, he has made it a major force in AI infrastructure. However, after reports emerged in November 2026 regarding his personal relationships, the company’s board also announced an independent review. NVIDIA has said there is currently no evidence of any leak of the company’s confidential information or data linked to national security.
Jensen Huang’s journey shows that sustained investment in technology, foresight and adapting to changing needs can turn a startup into a global empire.
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