Jensen Huang is a Taiwanese-born American entrepreneur and electrical engineer best known as the co-founder, president, and CEO of NVIDIA Corporation, a leading technology company specializing in graphics processing units (GPUs) and accelerated computing. Born on February 17, 1963, in Tainan, Taiwan, Huang moved to the United States at age nine. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Oregon State University and a Master’s degree from Stanford University. Before founding NVIDIA in 1993 with Chris Malachowsky and Curtis Priem, he worked at LSI Logic and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). Under Huang’s leadership, NVIDIA pioneered the development of the GPU in 1999, which revolutionized computer graphics and gaming. This innovation laid the foundation for NVIDIA’s expansion into diverse fields such as artificial intelligence (AI), autonomous vehicles, mobile computing, and scientific research. Huang foresaw the potential of GPUs beyond gaming, particularly for AI and machine learning workloads, which has positioned NVIDIA as a central player in the AI boom of the 2020s. NVIDIA’s GPUs power many of today’s major AI data centers and applications, including large language models like GPT. The company’s market capitalization briefly surpassed $4 trillion in 2024, making it the most valuable public company globally and cementing Huang’s reputation as a visionary CEO. His contributions to the semiconductor industry have earned him prestigious honors such as election to the National Academy of Engineering and the Semiconductor Industry Association’s Robert N. Noyce Award. He has also been recognized by Fortune, The Economist, and TIME magazine as one of the most influential CEOs worldwide. Huang remains deeply involved in NVIDIA’s strategic direction, product innovation, and corporate culture, maintaining a hands-on leadership style that has driven the company’s growth from a startup to a trillion-dollar technology giant.